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Walk on bypass
THE Dingley Bypass will be open – at least for pedestrians – on Saturday 27 February. A community walk will be held on the $156…
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Promoting unity in diversity
GREATER Dandenong’s diversity will be in the spotlight next month. Cultural Diversity Week runs from 12 to 20 March and Harmony Day falls on 21…
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Green way to go
FAMILIES picked up tips to save money and the environment at a fun day out in Dandenong. Greater Dandenong councillor Matthew Kirwan said the third…
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Poster shame for thieves
By CASEY NEILL STEAL from Robert Sarian, and you’ll end up on a poster. The Dandenong jewellery store owner has been shaming a Thief of…
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Cleaning program helps youth
A CLEANING service helping young people to find their feet is sweeping into Greater Dandenong. TRY is one of Australia’s oldest social enterprises and is…
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Springvale in festive mood
SUMMER celebrations with the community at heart filled Burden Park in Springvale South. The Lions Club of Noble Park-Keysborough and Athol Road Primary School held…
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Back in time
By CASEY NEILL TWO Springvale sisters are helping Victoria’s Vietnamese community mark a major milestone. Thao Phuong Le, 21, and Xuan Phung Le, 20, appear…
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Bus petition
PARLIAMENT has received 465 signatures asking for better bus service in Keysborough and Dandenong South. On 11 February Keysborough MP Martin Pakula described the need…
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Fair share of support
By CASEY NEILL SUPPORT is the secret to Beverley and Frank Aarons’s 60-year marriage. “He looks after me, I suppose, and he’s always there,” Bev…
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Fluid police numbers on political front line
By CASEY NEILL THE number of Greater Dandenong front-line police officers dropped by 21 between September and December last year, figures show. But Victoria Police…
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$1m fire bill
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS ST COLUMBA’S Uniting Church faces a possible $1 million damage bill from a suspicious fire on 17 February. The Noble Park church’s…
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Asylum seeker fined over servo crash
AN ALCOHOL-affected unlicensed driver has claimed he fled from a Dandenong service station to find an interpreter after reversing his car into a diesel pump.…
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