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Bitter sweet muffins
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS THERE’S been a sweet and delicious recent discovery of a feijoa tree in the garden of historic Dandenong property Heritage Hill. Its…
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Booze park cleaned up
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS DANDENONG Park is shedding its reputation as a drinking ghetto, according to Greater Dandenong councillors. Mayor Jim Memeti said public drinking problems…
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Look out for neighbours
GREATER Dandenong Neighbourhood Watch is holding a daytime meeting for the first time. It will hold its usual public forum from 7.30pm on 21 May,…
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A moment with Marg Stork
Dandy Pig brings bacon home As my first husband, Ron Stork, was a third generation of his family – grandfather, father and brother – to…
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Seniors keep their memory in mind
SPRINGVALE seniors shared food and stories from their homelands last week, with memory in mind. Alzheimer’s Australia Victoria held the Tastes to Remember event at…
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Kebab killers’ challenge
IRON-GUT contestants are set to embark on an unthinkable, and perhaps unsinkable, solo challenge – to eat a monstrous 1.6-kilogram, 16-inch kebab. Four real-estate agents…
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Generous soul
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS Church praises fire victim’s generosity… A SPRINGVALE grandmother who was found dead in her fire-gutted unit has been remembered for her generosity…
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Streets get rubbished
By CASEY NEILL RUBBISH is littering central Dandenong streets – and its residents are responsible. Amelia Poole travels streets between Cleeland and Stud roads on…
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Comedy class of her own
By CASEY NEILL COMEDIAN Tegan Higginbotham credits a Cleeland Secondary College teacher with setting her career path which has put her on television screens across…
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A dream 20 years in the making
By CASEY NEILL IT’S 20 years since Springvale and Dandenong became the City of Greater Dandenong. A new civic precinct in Dandenong has been touted…
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Library turns new page
NARELLE COULTER DANDENONG’S new library has already proved to be a best seller with more than 35,000 people flooding through the front door in the…
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Hall stood time’s test
THE new civic building has changed the face of Lonsdale Street. Over 100 years ago, councillors made another bold decision and committed funds to build…