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Threat to kill kinders ‘extraordinarily serious’
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS A MOTHER has threatened to burn down an apartment building and to kill her ex-partner, child and the child’s kindergarten mates, Dandenong…
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Jailed for ‘ignoring’ the law
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS A SERIAL suspended driver has been jailed after twice flouting a suspended jail sentence. Johann Michael Vantwest, 27, was picked up for…
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Drugged rider nabbed for speeding
AN UNLICENSED motorcyclist on drugs overtook a State Highway Patrol car at twice the speed limit, police allege. Officers were conducting a routine patrol in…
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Cyclist killed
A DRIVER has hit and killed a cyclist in Noble Park. Police are appealing for witnesses to the incident, which involved a white Holden sedan…
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Police seize weapons
A SHOTGUN, pen pistols and rifles were among items seized from a 20-year-old Dandenong North man during a police search. Greater Dandenong Tasking Unit executed…
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Elderly woman fights off home intruder
AN 86-YEAR-OLD Dandenong woman has punched a burglar in the head, sending him fleeing. Greater Dandenong CIU Detection Senior Constable Bree Jarvis said a man…
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Rail squeeze to linger for years
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS RAIL commuters on the Dandenong corridor are feeling an ever-tightening squeeze on morning peak trips, according to a Public Transport Victoria report.…
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Leaders in play
By CASEY NEILL A DANDENONG North playgroup has the state’s best team at its helm. Rosswood Playgroup won the Community Committee of the Year title…
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Lives on the line in ‘rat run’
By CASEY NEILL ROAD blocks would improve safety in a Springvale ‘rat run’, residents say. Greater Dandenong Council last month received objections to traffic calming…
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End family violence plea walk
THE Greater Dandenong community is taking to the streets in a public stand against family violence. The third annual Walk Against Family Violence will start…
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Christians join in Diwali celebrations
By CASEY NEILL BRIGHT lights shone from Aatish Issur’s Dandenong home as his family celebrated Diwali. The Festival of Lights is a time when Hindu…
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In for a jolly good time
SANTA will be arriving at Dandenong Plaza this Saturday. The big man in red will enter centre court on Level 2 at 11am on 21…
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