News
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Heroes given due place
THE call is out for people who make a positive impact on Greater Dandenong. The city’s Australia Day Awards nominations are now open. Greater Dandenong…
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Rudely surprised
A SPRINGVALE South man returned home to find a burglar inside his Springvale Road home on 3 November. The thief fled over neighbouring fences, but…
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Car bullet hole probed
A MYSTERY bullet hole in a car in Dandenong South has police appealing for witnesses. The vehicle was parked outside a Kirkham Road home on…
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Milestone is important legacy
The Melbourne Legacy Widows Club and I share an important milestone – we are both 90 being ‘born’ in 1923. Melbourne Legacy was formed to…
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RACV rally hits road
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS IT SEEMS ‘Jason’ and the rest of the RACV call centre staff aren’t happy. Roadside assistance call centre staff walked from their…
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Cops catch counterfeiters
FEDERAL police seized more than 15,000 suspected counterfeit DVDs and 53 DVD burners from a Springvale business last Thursday. They charged a 34-year-old Clayton man…
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QEP refuses to stay down
By CASEY NEILL “THE phoenix has already risen out of the ashes and I see nothing but a great future ahead.” This was the message…
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Schoolgirl infatuation bail revoked
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS A MAN “infatuated” with a female school student shrugged his shoulders and raised his hands as if in disbelief after having his…
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High-rise residential
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS PLANNING zones that allow high-rise development in many of Dandenong’s most desirable residential streets are set to be gazetted by the state…
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Drugs charge
A SPRINGVALE South man, 36, told police he was growing cannabis in his Heatherton Road home when they arrived to search the property on 31…
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Sites on trail of settlement significance
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS A second step in a trail that tells the story of how Springvale and its Enterprise Hostel welcomed 30,000 new arrivals with…
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Spaceship centre draws crowds
By CASEY NEILL THOUSANDS of people packed the $4.5 million Parkmore Shopping Centre – looking “a lot like a science-fiction spaceship headquarters” from the air…