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Industry back to black
By CASEY NEILL HALLAM Senior College students got a hands-on master class in efficient manufacturing last week – without leaving their classroom. Staff from Dandenong…
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Phone stolen after punch
POLICE are appealing for witnesses to an assault and robbery in Lonsdale Street, Dandenong, on 7 March. A 51-year-old woman left a hotel where she’d…
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Health first
By CASEY NEILL WOMEN in Springvale and surrounds can now access a Victorian-first mental health service. The Springvale Women’s Prevention and Recovery Care Services Centre…
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Polarised views on treatment
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS A DRUG treatment clinician says the jury is out on the success of drug court’s mandatory diversion treatments for ice-addicted offenders. Dr…
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Cut throat threat
THIEVES threatened to slit a man’s throat as he walked along James Street in Dandenong. The victim, 18, from Dandenong, was walking along the street…
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Pollution crackdown
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS INDUSTRY electroplaters along Eumemmerring Creek have come under the scrutiny of the state’s environmental watchdog. Environment Protection Authority inspectors will target electroplaters…
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Driving men’s shed support
By CASEY NEILL AUSTRALIA’S first multicultural men’s shed is now in place at Springvale Uniting Church and preparing to open its doors. Proceeds from the…
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Award for mental health fight
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS “These two won’t take sh** from anybody.” Those were the words of endorsement from an awards selection panellist soon after Springvale couple…
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Petrol bomb attack
The hunt is on for a pair of vandals who threw a Molotov cocktail into a Dandenong back yard. Police said a man and woman…
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Parking rage
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS A MAN has received a suspended jail sentence after parking in a disability car spot at a shopping centre and then pushing…
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Bill was on the level
Bill Brooks Born: 6 April 1914 Died: 8 January 2014 BILL BROOKS, who died three months short of his 100th birthday, was a man with…
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Exports to feed Asia demand
FOOD sector businesses in Greater Dandenong stand to “thrive” under a new export plan. South Eastern Metropolitan Region MP Gordon Rich-Phillips said the new Food…