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Fired by family tradition
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS IT’S fitting that Dandenong CFA life member and Springvale resident Russell Gray has joined his dad’s esteemed ranks by being awarded an…
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Grant for Russian Granny helps to build business
By CASEY NEILL THREE people in a Dandenong South factory are churning out a tonne of Russian dumplings every month. From Granny’s started shortly after…
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Staff in God’s hands as shop closes
By GEORGIA WESTGARTH A DANDENONG shop that has been selling Christian books since 1977 has closed its doors for the last time. Glenys, from Word…
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Science into action
By CASEY NEILL BUDDING boffins can pursue their passion in purpose-built labs at Keysborough College. The school opened the Heather Lindsey STEM Centre at its…
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Brakes on skate park
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS A LAST-MINUTE safety audit has indefinitely delayed Greater Dandenong Council’s keenly anticipated opening of a cutting-edge skate park in Noble Park. The…
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Invoices in cover-up bid
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS A DISGRACED former Education Department director has told an anti-corruption inquiry that he remains good friends with Chandler Park Primary School’s suspended…
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Burger gut feeling shoots for the hipsters
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS THERE seems to be a sudden appetite for hipster in Springvale. Alex Vuong and chef John Liu had a gut feel that…
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Giving spirit set to live on
By CASEY NEILL A DANDENONG businessman is honouring his late son’s memory by educating the poorest children in the Himalayas. Bruce Parker, a former commando…
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On court and in the loop
BUSINESSES hit the court last week, but networking rather than baskets was in their sights. Greater Dandenong Chamber of Commerce held a networking evening at…
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Looking Back
100 years ago 3 June 1915 The War The troops from Australia continue to render a great service to the Empire, and accounts of the…
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Thefts arrests
FOUR teenagers were arrested last month in relation to 40 thefts from cars in Noble Park and Keysborough. They are also believed to have stolen…
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Police pleased with drugs seizure
POLICE seized a large haul of heroin and cocaine from a Springvale property last month. Detectives raided the Ellen Street house at 11am on Friday…