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VCE cream
GREATER Dandenong students were among those applauded for VCE success last week. The Premier’s VCE Awards recognised 286 students for performing at the highest levels…
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Dedication leads to results
By CASEY NEILL KIARA Haworth juggled two TAFE courses with her VCE studies and a healthcare job. But the 19-year-old Berwick student didn’t complain about…
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Bureau thanks willing helpers
SPRINGVALE Community Aid and Advice Bureau (SCAAB) celebrated National Volunteer Week with a special afternoon tea on 22 May. Its volunteers and board of directors…
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Disability ride in Fiji
By LACHLAN MOORHEAD FEDERAL Member for Bruce, Alan Griffin MP, is set to complete a 550km ride around the main island of Fiji in support…
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$14m man drops in
By RUSSELL BENNETT “WHILE you’re resting, someone else is working.” It’s a motto former St John’s Regional College product, and Australian basketball superstar, Andrew Bogut…
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Factory fire
FIRE caused hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage to a recycling factory in Dandenong South on Monday. A passer-by called fire crews to Veolia…
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Disabled teens get to socialise
By LACHLAN MOORHEAD Springvale Park Special Developmental will receive an additional $107,740 as part of the Federal Government’s Outside School Hours Care for Teenagers with…
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In the frame for crime camera cash
GREATER Dandenong is keen to snap up any CCTV funding that other councils turn down. Mayor Angela Long has written to the State Government urging…
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Skills are spread wide
By CASEY NEILL GREATER Dandenong took home three awards at Victorian manufacturing’s night of nights, but the region has cause to lay claim to a…
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Yogurt milked for all it’s worth
A DANDENONG South yogurt factory owner has been named World Entrepreneur of the Year. Chobani founder and CEO Hamdi Ulukaya claimed the Ernst and Young…
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Lifetime of service
GRAHAM Don has received a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for his service to the Springvale community and to ex-service welfare. He’s been…
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Jail for wife killer
By CASEY NEILL A FORMER Dandenong volunteer was last week jailed for killing his wife, but will be eligible for parole in less than six…
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