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Taxi driver charged over Dandenong incident
A taxi driver has been charged after allegedly driving into a passenger on Stud Road near Dandenong Basketball Stadium about 1.40am on Monday, April 21.…
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Youth photos take a look at life from both sides
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS WHAT DO YOU THINK? SCROLL TO BELOW THIS STORY TO POST A COMMENT. IT’S a chance to see the world through young,…
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Salvos to close Doveton warehouse
The Salvation Army has announced it will close its food bank warehouse in Doveton on July 1. Distribution of food in the Doveton area would…
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Without a rumble, Leaf breezes in
By Cameron Lucadou-Wells WHAT DO YOU THINK? SCROLL TO BELOW THIS STORY TO POST A COMMENT. HITTING the start button on an electric car is…
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Canberra stalls on boosting greener cars
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS WHAT DO YOU THINK? SCROLL TO BELOW THIS STORY TO POST A COMMENT. THE federal government is rebuffing calls from the RACV…
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Selling treasures on ABC Auction Room to reclaim a life
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS DEATH has a habit of reorganising one’s priorities – Helen Bernard, of Dandenong North, has made major changes since being at death’s…
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Ranks thinning, but Casey bagpiper soldiers on
By CATHERINE WATSON DANDENONG resident Alastair Wright was 45 before he took up the bagpipes, and he has loved them ever since. “A friend introduced…
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Nine’s Footy Show rescues Doveton’s Middway Cobras
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS A DOVETON-based football club cleaned out by a recent burglary has found help from an unlikely source. The Middway Cobras won a…
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Heavy canvas for Melbourne Zoo’s Mali
Nikita, Ylan and Shirley begin to decorate a sculpture of Melbourne Zoo’s baby elephant Mali. As part of the zoo’s 150th birthday celebrations, 53 Mali…
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Marg Moments: When the good times rolled
THERE was a time when indoor bowlers converged at the Dandenong Town Hall to pit their skills against each other. John Crichton recalls happy times…
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No ‘revolution’ for Springvale school
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS WHAT DO YOU THINK? SCROLL TO BELOW THIS STORY TO POST A COMMENT. PARENTS at Springvale Rise Primary School are asking where…
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Baa the sheep: The shear weight of opinion
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS WHAT DO YOU THINK? SCROLL TO BELOW THIS STORY TO POST A COMMENT. SPRINGVALE mechanic Vu Ho, who has waged a Supreme…