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Festival’s bright future
By CASEY NEILL AN Australian-first light, lantern and Chinese culture celebration has touched down in Dandenong. The Dandenong Festival of Lights opened at the Dandenong…
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Dad lost in a sea of alcohol
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS A FATHER of two who began “drowning” in alcoholism and thieving after losing his job last year has been jailed for two…
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Businessman’s passion remembered in park
JOHN Hemmings was a coach builder from Ringwood near Bristol. He landed in Dandenong in 1855, worked as a carpenter and built up a coach-building…
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Park prowler
A 12-YEAR-OLD boy has told police that he had to hide in a park after he saw a man following him along Heatherton Road, Noble…
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Get the ear of police
SHARE safety concerns with police and Greater Dandenong Council at a forum in Noble Park North. Victoria Police Inspector Bruce Kitchen will be on hand…
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The ship of her dreams
By CASEY NEILL “THE boat carries the people and their dreams.” Artist Motoko Katsuta Kitano said this was the sentiment behind the Ship of Dreams…
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A love for life
By CASEY NEILL BANGHOLME couple Fred and Bev Fowler met at the Shepparton Show 51 years ago this month. They were just 15 and 13…
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School grounds to go for housing
RESIDENTS will be kept updated on plans to put homes on two former Springvale South school sites. Greater Dandenong councillors at their 14 September meeting…
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Hastings backed as Melbourne’s second freight port
THE Port of Hastings needs to be a key topic in discussions over privatising the Port of Melbourne, the City of Greater Dandenong says. The…
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Journal’s story hits the big screen
THE Dandenong Journal’s 150th anniversary celebrations continue this week with the screening of a video commissioned to mark the historic occasion. The video, which will…
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Cash flows to schools
By GEORGIA WESTGARTH NEXT year, 14 schools in Dandenong will receive a share in more than $4.8 million in State Government funding a part of…
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Council’s $1m loss far from fine
GREATER Dandenong wrote off almost $1.1 million in bad or doubtful debts last financial year. This was almost $300,000 above the budgeted $818,000. The council’s…
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