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Family story takes off
By CASEY NEILL The suburbs are filled with extraordinary stories just waiting to be told, Lucyna Artymiuk says. The Noble Park woman recently released a…
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Parklands set for a spruce-up
By CASEY NEILL A vacant Keysborough parkland will receive a million-dollar makeover. Greater Dandenong Council allocated $352,000 to develop the Sarah Lands site at Stanley…
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Raising homeless cash from cardboard boxes
By CASEY NEILL Bangholme students and teachers swapped their beds for cardboard boxes to raise $12,000 for homeless people. Cornish College hosted a winter sleepout…
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Working girl’s big love
By GEORGIA WESTGARTH Prostitution has taught ‘Carmen’ how to love her 130 kilogram body. “Before I became a prostitute I was very jealous of…
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Crash course on ‘kamikaze corner’
By CASEY NEILL Not even councillor Sean O’Reilly knows how to successfully navigate Dandenong’s ‘Kamikaze Corner’. At the Tuesday 14 June council meeting, he successfully…
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Robbery and traffic charges
A DANDENONG man has been charged over an alleged car-jacking in Frankston and police pursuit into Dandenong in the early hours of 15 June. The…
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LED lighting for SES
An anonymous donation has Greater Dandenong SES members jumping for joy. The crew last week received the cash to upgrade the lighting it carries on…
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Arrested after car-jacking led to pursuit
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS AN Endeavour Hills man has been arrested after an alleged car-jacking followed by a 25-minute police pursuit in Carrum Downs and Dandenong…
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Aggresion unfounded at Dandy CFA, says boss
By CASEY NEILL Dandenong Fire Brigade has flatly denied simmering tensions between paid and volunteer firefighters. On Tuesday 14 June, a volunteer from another CFA…
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Reweaving the threads of history
By CASEY NEILL A former Dandenong girls school will inspire embroidery that will hang between Heritage Hill’s famous fig trees during Cultural Threads. Artist Thea…
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Figaro and co descend on Drum
An Opera Australia national premiere is on its way to Dandenong. The Drum Theatre will host the first performance of The Marriage of Figaro Australian…
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A millionaire overnight
A Dandenong man won $1 million in the Monday 13 June Lotto draw. “Shut up! Holy moly! I’m really trying not to swear right now!”…
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