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Arson attack on home
A FIREBUG deliberately set light to a home in Heatherton Road, Dandenong, about 11.30pm on 10 August. Police said a smoke alarm alerted two occupants…
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Hot rod appeal
POLICE are appealing for witnesses after finding a Holden Commodore ablaze in Monash Drive, Dandenong South, about 4.30am on 13 August. Call Crime Stoppers on…
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Police on a roll
POLICE seized 66 cannabis plants from a sophisticated hydroponic “grow house” in Springvale South on 30 July. They arrested a 23-year-old man at the Wardale…
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Hoon mum loses car
POLICE impounded a Springvale woman’s car for speeding with her three children on board in Dandenong. Transit Safety Division members were patrolling Princes Highway about…
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Long’s rate rise threat
RESIDENTS risk a rate rise if Federal Government funding for Greater Dandenong roads doesn’t increase, Mayor Angela Long says. She said more Roads to Recovery…
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State’s oldest now a Star
THE Dandenong Journal, Victoria’s oldest community newspaper, has been bought by Star News Group. The purchase, from Metro Media Publishing, was finalised Monday. Star News…
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Slow road to internet
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS STUDENTS are being hindered by snail-mail pace internet speeds and long waits for computers at Springvale library, says Greater Dandenong councillor Sean…
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Holt election: Four candidates want your vote
By ALECIA PINNER EMPLOYMENT, cost of living, social tolerance and transport are shaping up as the big issues in Holt in the lead-up to the…
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Ambo honoured for bushfire bravery
By ALECIA PINNER: apinner@mmpgroup.com.au AN Endeavour Hills paramedic who led a team to Kinglake during the Black Saturday bushfires and co-ordinated the Ambulance Victoria response…
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Moment with Marg: Personal 'Squiz' at history
By MARG STORK WITH the mini-series Underbelly: Squizzy on television, I can almost hear the clackety-clack of the Remington typewriter of an old friend, the late…
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Dandenong Market: Ice-breaker stall
SHOWING their faith in the future of Dandenong Market, sisters Jess and Stephanie Sherer have opened a frozen-goods stall in their first retail venture. The…
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Dandenong Market: Lifeline plea on revival
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS GREATER Dandenong councillors were to decide tonight whether to throw a $463,000 lifeline to revive the 147-year-old Dandenong Market. The market’s board…