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Cash parked in reserve
By CASEY NEILL CASH to buy open space is languishing in a fund while communities go without, according to councillor Sean O’Reilly. At the Monday…
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Minister urged to save children
By CASEY NEILL KEYSBOROUGH kids are at risk unless the Roads Minister heeds calls for a school zone, according to councillor Roz Blades. Greater Dandenong…
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Help find Mahalea
A TEEN known to frequent Dandenong and surrounds is missing. Police are appealing for help to find 14-year-old Mahalea Martin, from Bentleigh East. She was…
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Teen arrested over armed robbery
POLICE have arrested a boy in Keysborough over an alleged armed robbery earlier this month. Frankston CIU detectives arrested the 17-year-old at a home on…
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Blaze battle
Our photographer Gary Sissons has just sent in these dramatic photographs as firefighters get to grips with yesterday’s fire in Riverend Road, Bangholme.
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Residents on fire watch
BANGHOLME and Keysborough residents are being advised to remain vigilant as firefighters blackout a 2.5 hectare grass and scrub fire near Pillars Road. The fire…
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Public pledge against family violence
By CASEY NEILL A SEA of white ribbons bearing heartfelt messages spread across the lawn at Harmony Square on Tuesday. It was the end point…
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Grass fire spreading
UPDATE 5.48pm CFA has issued a downgraded ‘watch-and-act’ warning for residents near a Bangholme grass fire. It states fire fighters have halted the spread of…
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Diamond-studded watch stolen
A $160,000 watch has been stolen from a Keysborough home. Greater Dandenong CIU Detective Sergeant Luke Kirton said thieves broke into the Hidden Grove address…
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Two netted in multiple car theft
By CASEY NEILL THIEVES stole car keys and three vehicles from a Keysborough home while the owners slept. Greater Dandenong CIU Detective Sergeant Luke Kirton…
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Woman pushed, iPhone grabbed
A MAN has robbed a woman, pushing her three-year-old in a stroller along Stud Road in Dandenong. Police alleged he approached the 39-year-old from behind…
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Robbery drill that didn’t work
A MAN armed with a drill has stolen $3600 from a Springvale supermarket. Greater Dandenong CIU Detective Sergeant Luke Kirton said a man of African…