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Expo set to stride the globe
SOUTH East Melbourne Manufacturers Alliance (SEMMA) is helping businesses to reach out across the globe. It will have a stand at the Austech Expo from…
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Three of the best
THREE prominent Dandenong organisations celebrated historic milestones in 2014. In April Dandenong Primary School celebrated 140 years educating the children of Dandenong. The town’s first…
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Stalwarts farewelled
THE Greater Dandenong community farewelled a number of civic stalwarts during 2014, none more loyal and dedicated to the city she loved than veteran Journal…
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Panda pulls away
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS IT WAS the end of a 22-year era for Doveton boy and Dandenong MP John Pandazopoulos. The former State Minister for Multicultural…
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One night in September
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS CONFUSING and shocking – the words from a former imam at Numan Haider’s Hallam mosque aptly described one of the year’s most…
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Heart without a name
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS THE heart of Dandenong has changed forever. All it needs is a name. The $65 million civic centre, library, public square, the…
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Council’s woolly problem
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS AFTER being the subject of a protracted legal battle, Baa the sheep died at the ripe age of 17 where her owner…
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Christmas served up
SPRINGVALE RSL served up a Christmas treat for the elderly. Club members brought about 100 residents from local aged care homes to the Osborne Avenue…
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Will park go to water?
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS FIELD of dreams or a big stink? A Chinese developer’s plans for a giant theme park in Bangholme’s vast paddocks may prove…
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Driver jailed
By CASEY NEILL A TRUCK driver will spend up to five years in jail over a fatal Dandenong South train crash. Supreme Court of Victoria…
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Ice won’t melt away
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS TALK to people on all sides of this – magistrates, police, drug counsellors – there is no quick thaw to the ice…
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When the chips are down
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS THERE’S no escaping the starkest of facts. In Greater Dandenong – one of Melbourne’s most disadvantaged municipalities – each adult loses on…
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