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Push for high-rise ban
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS A GRASS-roots petition campaign to ban future high-rise buildings from Dandenong residential streets has spread over several neighbourhoods. More than 150 signatures…
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Fire breach retro works delay opening
A BUILDING developer has been hit with a costly retrofit after failing to install appropriate internal fire sprinklers into a four-storey apartment block in Dandenong.…
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Injuries mount in fight case
POLICE are appealing for witnesses to a fight in a Dandenong hotel car park on Tuesday that left a man in hospital with a leg…
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Growing market
DANDENONG Market welcomed shoppers to its first Sunday trading day with music, clowns, cooking and more. It’s now open four days a week – Tuesday,…
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Breakers, Dollys do battle
By CASEY NEILL SOUTH Sea Roller Derby will skate back to the 1940s in Keysborough this month. The Blackheart Breakers and The Dolly Rogers will…
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Kids have a ball
PUPPETS, Smurfs and fairy wings were on the agenda for creative kids in Greater Dandenong this school holidays. Circus workshops, mask-making and more were among…
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SES crews on their toes
By CASEY NEILL WILD weather last week produced Springvale SES’s busiest period in five years. The crew responded to more than 160 calls for help…
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Man v truck
THINK you could pull a truck? Then head along to the Dandenong Show. The beyondblue Human Truck Pull is making its debut at this year’s…
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Digger disco
By CASEY NEILL NOBLE Park RSL is aiming to become the nightspot to be each Friday. It held its first Kokoda Lounge over-25s night on…
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Rising up – and out
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS CATCH The Fire Ministries has moved out rather than pursuing its legal challenge against a proposed neighbouring mosque in Green Street Doveton.…
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Parking regime
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS DANDENONG’S retailers body has made a bold proposal to Greater Dandenong Council to fix one of its greatest bugbears – customer parking…
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Rocking stage
By CASEY NEILL NOBLE Park teen Daniel Agar is a step closer to realising his dream of a career on stage and screen. The 17-year-old…