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Sweet and spicy tastes are huge success
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS CHEF Megsingh Yadav is like a veritable ‘kid in a candy shop’ as he surveys his 30-plus array of authentic Indian sweets…
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Threat to prosecute gate vandals
GREATER Dandenong Council is investigating possible vandalism that has forced the removal of a boom gate at its trouble-plagued number eight Balmoral car park. In…
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Call goes out for truck cash
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS MAYOR Sean O’Reilly has endorsed a fund-sourcing campaign for a much-needed second-hand truck for the Dandenong-based Friends of Refugees group. The group…
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Training acts as a guiding light
TOUR guide training for refugees and asylum seekers is part of a new $100,000 project for Greater Dandenong. Multicultural Affairs Minister Robin Scott last Friday…
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Advice on board
ADVICE for small business operators will roll into Dandenong this week. The Small Business Bus will provide free mentoring, support and information about State Government…
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School has room for improvement
FOUR teams of volunteers passed a two-day The Block-style challenge to each re-design and renovate a room at Berry Street School’s Noble Park campus last…
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Spray bus hijack fails
A MAN wielding a spray bottle filled with detergent highjacked a bus in central Dandenong. The 24-year-old boarded the vehicle in Clow Street about 6am…
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Axe raid on home
THIEVES armed with metal bars and an axe stormed a Keysborough home as three people slept. Greater Dandenong CIU Detective Senior Constable Tony Lavars said…
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Turned around by straight talking
‘CAROL’ reckons GRIPP saved her close younger relative from a life of crime. Her relative ‘Jack’ avoided school after being the victim of violent, incessant…
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Non-lethal end to Noble Park siege
By Jarrod Potter A 30-HOUR siege in Noble Park involving a man throwing tiles and flaming objects at police was brought to an end this…
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Church blaze manhunt lead
POLICE have released an image of a suspicious male who was seen lingering at St Mary’s Catholic Church the day before the church was set…
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Drum role bring comedy pair back with a bang
By Cam Lucadou-Wells THERE’S a feeling of a full circle for Springvale-born actor Diana Nguyen as she prepares for her Drum Theatre debut. She and…