News
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Toddler locked in hot car
By CASEY NEILL A TODDLER was allegedly left locked in a car in Noble Park North yesterday (Tuesday), as the temperature soared above 30 degrees.…
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Ram-raid charges
AN 18-YEAR-OLD Eumemmerring man will answer 14 charges over a series of ram-raids last Thursday. Police allege he used a stolen car to smash into…
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Senior swingers
NOT too many 87-year-olds could list fronting a band among their pastimes. Dandenong man Frank Nicholls can. He regularly takes to the stage with the…
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Lost for words
By CASEY NEILL ANDREA Wyatt’s first job post-university is back where her education began. The Keysborough 23-year-old is Chandler Park Primary School’s new speech pathologist.…
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Hol-e heart problem, Batman
By CASEY NEILL DEAN Carroll didn’t know he was a Heart Kid until he was all grown up. The financial controller at Dandenong South’s JDN…
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Shed gets it together
By CASEY NEILL A TYPICALLY Aussie event will officially open Springvale’s Multicultural Men’s Shed next week. The welcome barbecue for the Australian-first facility will run…
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Career change a good fit for top apprentice
By CASEY NEILL DANDENONG apprentice Mitchell Dowling has trumped more than 35,000 others for a top honour. The 25-year-old won the Best Victorian Apprentice Award…
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Fatal creek fences
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS COUNCILLORS have urgently called for safety fencing between a Dandenong South playground and a floodway that claimed a young boy’s life last…
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MP set to make her mark
By CASEY NEILL GABRIELLE Williams not only kept Dandenong in Labor hands at last year’s State Election – she kept it in Collingwood’s grasp, too.…
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Tourist splash
By CASEY NEILL A CABLE water-ski centre could bring 90,000 people to Bangholme each year. This month Activ will apply for permits to build the…
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Walking tall
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS JANG Dhadly has long dreamed of walking with straight feet into his parents’ home in Punjab, India. Thanks to a leg-up from…
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Race workers cross the finishing line
SANDOWN Racecourse’s garden and grounds workers clocked off for the final time last Friday. On 15 January 34 workers at the Sandown and Caulfield tracks…