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Early start to Anzac
By CASEY NEILL GREATER Dandenong’s Anzac Day commemorations started on Sunday. Springvale RSL Sub-Branch held a march down Springvale Road, from Union Grove to the…
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$160m station ends boom gate wait
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS AS of today, Springvale’s deadly level crossing is history. Premier Denis Napthine was flanked by Transport Minister Terry Mulder and a host…
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Syringe man in court
By CASEY NEILL A FRANKSTON man will face Melbourne Magistrates’ Court today (Tuesday) over a car-jacking at syringe-point at Dandenong Plaza. Police charged the 25-year-old…
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Wally was born of war
By CASEY NEILL WALLY Sosnowski arrived in Australia on Anzac Day in 1950. The toddler was in the arms of his Polish parents, fleeing war-ravaged…
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Hopes eyes can change hearts
By CASEY NEILL A DANDENONG refugee hopes images of his treacherous journey to freedom will change public opinion on asylum seekers. Barat Ali Batoor will…
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The trek of the track
By CASEY NEILL “WE want to make a difference to a group of people whose ancestors helped ours.” So Mark Capper and his wife Julie…
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Seeing sounds
By CASEY NEILL SPRINGVALE’S Cassandra Lim has captured music on canvas. The 18-year-old’s artwork Symphony Series is on display in the Top Arts exhibition at…
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Privileged to serve
By CASEY NEILL PARAMEDIC Peter Simpson has dedicated more than three decades of his life to helping strangers when they need it most, but he…
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Liz’s veteran world
By CASEY NEILL “THEY’VE looked after me. I can look after them.” That’s Liz Pilkington-Brown’s attitude to working at the Noble Park RSL welfare office.…
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‘Lest we forget’
By CASEY NEILL THE crowded bar falls silent as the call “stand to” echoes through the room. It’s 2.30pm on a Thursday at Noble Park…
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It’s no ‘Wembley’
By CASEY NEILL SANDOWN Cobras could soon be playing matches under lights. But one City of Greater Dandenong councillor fears a “miniature Wembley in the…
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RSL calls for recruits
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS IT’S time for a youth injection into the ageing ranks of RSLs, says Noble Park RSL sub-branch welfare officer John Meehan. The…
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