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Line dancing a lil' bit of Yankee Doodle Dandy
By MARG STORK GREATER Dandenong is well and truly in the south-east of Melbourne, but there’s a part of it that’s deep in the heart…
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Noble Park North fire damages house
By JASON TURNER A NOBLE Park North house was damaged by fire this afternoon. The Country Fire Authority said four units from Springvale and Dandenong…
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First steps in high school
IT wasn’t just Preps taking their first steps into a new phase in their education last week. At St John’s Regional College in Dandenong, 190…
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First for Isaacs
ISAACS MP Mark Dreyfus is the country’s new Attorney-General. He also picked up the Emergency Management portfolio in a Federal Government Cabinet re-shuffle following former…
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Art attack for heart health
DANDENONG artist Nelus Oana has put his heart on his sleeve – and on canvas – to support an appeal for cardiac health. He’ll be…
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Abbott pledges freeway link
OPPOSITION Leader Tony Abbott promised to fund the East West road link during a visit to the Bruce electorate last week – a project that…
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Rubbish fuels deadly blaze
AN 80-YEAR-OLD Noble Park man has died in a house fire fuelled by hoarded newspapers and rubbish. Fire crews were called to the Corrigan Road…
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Fighting fare
Cabbies rush into help bashed colleague … SIX cabbies rushed to rescue a fellow taxi driver under attack in Dandenong early on Saturday morning. Dandenong…
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Paying rates, others benefitting
KEYSBOROUGH residents say they shouldn’t have to pay higher rates to maintain nearby open space when non-locals were taking advantage of the facilities. But City…
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Call for manufacturing centre
GREATER Dandenong’s manufacturing heartland needs a manufacturing centre. This was one of the findings from stage one of the Future of Manufacturing in South East…
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Police probe three fires
GREATER Dandenong police are appealing for witnesses to three fires. Fire destroyed two three-metre gardens in the Parkmore Shopping Centre rear car park on 28…
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Top policies for future
WITH the Federal Election announced for 14 September last week, campaigning is set to pick up in the Greater Dandenong area. Bruce Labor MP Alan…