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Trash into treasured art
KIDS can transform trash into art at a mega manufacturing showcase in Dandenong. Dandenong South’s Smart Recycling will use a display at Smart Manufacturing ’16…
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Car attack man is refused bail
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS A SEEMINGLY homeless man who allegedly broke into several cars by throwing rocks through their windows in Dandenong last month has been…
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Career building adventure
SPRINGVALE’S Irene Hung has landed an exclusive scholarship to explore Asia. She was announced as one of the first Westpac Bicentennial Foundation Asian Exchange scholarship…
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Awards recognise smart moves
By CASEY NEILL HILTON Manufacturing has continued a successful year with a sustainability award. Greater Dandenong mayor Heang Tak announced the council’s Sustainability Awards winners…
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Crisis teams at risk: union
A DANDENONG near-miss has triggered mental health workers to demand access to security alerts. Health and Community Services Union (HACSU) assistant state secretary Paul Healey…
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Minaret students meet the mayor
MINARET College students got a local government lesson from a man very much in the know. In his mayoral robes and chain, Greater Dandenong mayor…
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All quiet on the sky rail front
ELEVATED rail will reduce train noise in Noble Park and other suburbs, according to a new report. Public Transport Minister Jacinta Allan released the Level…
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Man wanted over burglary
By CASEY NEILL POLICE have released an image of a man they want to speak to following a burglary on a Springvale home last month.…
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Packed with emotion and pitching for polish
By CASEY NEILL MADDISON McNamara is swapping the factory floor for the stage. The 21-year-old from Officer appeared on Channel 9 television show The Voice…
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Tree crushes van
By CASEY NEILL A LARGE pine tree has crushed a caravan in Dandenong South, trapping a man by his wrist. CFA crews were called to…
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Thieves pinch eight-tonne excavator
POLICE are searching for thieves who towed a $90,000 excavator from a Dandenong South work site. Greater Dandenong CIU Detective Senior Constable Rick Mokos said…
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Driver flees after hit-run
By CASEY NEILL AN out-of-control car crushed a man against his own vehicle – in front of his eight-year-old son. Detective Senior Constable Rick Mokos…