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Police man of action
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS INSPECTOR Bruce Kitchen was looking for an “exciting and secure” job when he joined the police force. On both scores, the vocation…
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No resolution
By CASEY NEILL New year sees family praying for answers… CHRISTMAS was a heartbreaking reminder for Jake Lyons’s family of the hole his disappearance has…
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Stolen horse search
By CASEY NEILL MUCH-LOVED horse Maverick is missing after thieves snatched him from his Dandenong North paddock. His owner Brittany Jubb, 22, from Clyde and…
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Air show high
AUSTRALIANA is the theme for this year’s Australia Day celebrations in Dandenong Park. Family-friendly entertainment will fill the Pultney Street space from 3pm to 9.30pm…
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Branding aims for new bridges
THE Bridge has unveiled new branding for three services that are supporting people with disabilities in the south-east. Assistant Social Services Minister Mitch Fifield launched…
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Program to tag suicide
By CASEY NEILL GRAFFITI isn’t out of the ordinary in Dandenong but recent scrawl on signage at Ermha was something very different. Vandals wrote the…
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Dust choker
By CASEY NEILL FRANK Ekenaike is calling on the council to address health and safety in a “forgotten pocket” of Dandenong South. He works at…
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Danger dog goes into foster care
A HOMELESS woman’s pooch pal has been saved from a death sentence. Kim Reeves, 26, told the Journal in December that the City of Greater…
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Daniel is nuts about fixing cars
By CASEY NEILL DANIEL Postema is the first person to complete a new Nissan apprenticeship program. The Noble Park 21-year-old has always been passionate about…
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Charges follow cemetery death
HOMICIDE Squad detectives have charged three men over the death of Dandenong man Michael Strike. The 38-year-old’s body was found outside Keilor Cemetery last 25…
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Stabbing victim jumps from moving car
A WOMAN jumped from a moving car and into the path of an ambulance following a stabbing last week. Greater Dandenong CIU Detective Senior Constable…
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Drivers on the road to travel disruption
MOTORISTS could encounter delays on the South Gippsland Freeway in coming weeks. VicRoads is conducting annual road resurfacing works between 9pm and 4.30am daily, except…