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Boss in name and produce
By CASEY NEILL BOSS Products in Dandenong started as a shoe manufacturer in the early 1980s. Managing director Michael Boss said the company turned to…
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Hair care to new level
By CASEY NEILL HAIRHOUSE Warehouse Parkmore owner Tony Margaritis and wife Sophie took over the store in August 2010 when its franchisor noticed opportunity for…
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IVECO keeps on truckin’
By CASEY NEILL IVECO Trucks Australia has been in Dandenong since the early 1950s when International Harvester, as it was then known, developed a truck…
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Sausage stew for a Gem
By JASON ADAMS GIN Lee’s Gem broke through for her first city win at start number 71 last Thursday night at Sandown Park, claiming a…
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Commuter mayhem as death closes tracks
A FATAL collision at Springvale Railway Station yesterday caused peak hour mayhem for up to 30,000 commuters on the Pakenham and Cranbourne train lines. A…
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Train kills pedestrian
A TRAIN has struck and killed a pedestrian at Springvale Railway Station. Police are at the scene, where a woman aged in her seventies tried…
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Victim no help in hunt for gunman
A SPRINGVALE man shot in the leg outside a Dandenong hotel has refused to help police to identify the gunman. Police have launched a fresh…
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Bowls nomad on a record roll
By DAVID NAGEL A REBUILT VW kombi van and a thirst for adventure are taking 71-year-old Frank Peniguel on a 12-month journey into the Guinness…
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Toxic play zone fears
AN early-learning centre has recently opened about 800 metres east of Lyndhurst hazardous waste dump, igniting renewed debate over suitable buffer distances from the landfill.…
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Judge impressed
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS A YOUNG burglar with a conscience has escaped conviction after he and a friend impersonated a police officer over the phone to…
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Students want 2 help
HARRISFIELD Primary students have dressed as their future selves to raise more than $260 for The Kids’ Cancer Project. The Noble Park school took part…
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Old order steps in
By CASEY NEILL DANDENONG and District Benevolent Society has received a welcome boost following a heartbreaking theft. On 24 February the Journal reported that thieves…
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