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Emergency services weather the storms
By CASEY NEILL SES volunteers responded to more than 65 calls for assistance during the wild weather that lashed Greater Dandenong last week. Springvale unit…
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Cemetery on the move
SPRINGVALE Botanical Cemetery’s operator has purchased a property on the facility’s western edge. Southern Metropolitan Cemeteries Trust (SMCT) now owns 23 Smith Road, on the…
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Man sets himself alight
By CASEY NEILL AN asylum seeker set himself alight in his Noble Park home over the weekend. Tamil Refugee Council spokeswoman Sri Samy said an…
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Great expectations indeed
By DAVID NAGEL Casey Cardinia Football League – round 10 KEYSBOROUGH’s renowned fighting spirit is about to be tested to its full capacity after the…
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Turning the tide of history
By ANNE MASLIN* NOBLE PARK pensioner Alf Maslin played a crucial part in history when he left an American troop ship and waded onto French…
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Tom’s a good Scout
By CASEY NEILL HILTON Manufacturing founder Tom Hartley says his drive for success started with Scouts. “I joined when I was 11. I came from…
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Big screen fires up for FIFA
By CASEY NEILL DANDENONG’S big screen will get a workout during the FIFA World Cup. The new civic centre’s top feature will broadcast all the…
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Breakfast of blows
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS TWO locally-based state politicians – both of whom acknowledged a history of friendly sparring in parliament – were subjected to some well-directed…
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ATTAR’s a good fit
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS KEYSBOROUGH tech company Advanced Technology Testing and Research is getting an international name for its innovation but it is also making a…
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Daniella’s growing urge to help others
By NARELLE COULTER A SPRINGVALE girl has sown the seeds of charity and in the process helped feed hundreds of hungry locals. Six-year-old Daniella Evens-Poulter,…
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Open the gate, mate
FOUNDATIONS are finally being prepared for Springvale’s long-awaited Asian Gateway. Members of the project proponents, the Springvale Asian Business Association as well as Greater Dandenong…
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Target: 80,000 syringes
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS ABOUT 40,000 needles are exchanged for clean ones each month at Foster Street Clinic in Dandenong but its managers say that’s barely…
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