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Pedestrian critical in hit and run
By GEORGIA WESTGARTH A PEDESTRIAN was struck in a hit and run incident in Springvale South over the weekend, and police are appealing for witnesses.…
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Residents taking heed of fire dangers
THIRTY-FOUR Dandenong residents were slapped with orders to clean up their properties in the lead-up to the current fire season. Officers inspected 1170 properties across…
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Police hunt tool-wielding bandits
By GEORGIA WESTGARTH MALES carrying a hammer, knife and a crowbar who stormed a Keysborough convenience store are still on the run. The store on…
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Parents’ class action over closed school
By NARELLE COULTER PARENTS are backing an online petition which is urging the State Government to reopen Maralinga Primary School. Greater Dandenong councillor Roz Blades…
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Signs could have prevented bike death
By GEORGIA WESTGARTH KEEN cyclist Travis Hill believes warning signs could have prevented the death of a Wantirna man who was found in water along…
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Noble Park man nabbed in drugs raids
A NOBLE Park man was charged with trafficking methylamphetamine after police executed warrants throughout Melbourne on Thursday 21 January. Six people have been charged with…
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Safety at last
By NARELLE COULTER Grieving mum’s campaign wins school speed reduction… STACEY Brown cried when the news finally came through that the speed limit outside Dandenong…
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Hands up for bomb victims
By CASEY NEILL DANDENONG Rotarians and businesses are giving landmine victims a helping hand. They assembled 10 prosthetic hands at Le Pine Funerals in Dandenong…
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Noble Park property in city-wide drugs swoop
By GEORGIA WESTGARTH DRUGS, drug manufacturing equipment and a number of firearms have been seized by police from several addresses in Melbourne including one in…
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Charity offers a working chance
By NARELLE COULTER AVOCARE is moving to Dandenong South, where it will expand its work-for-the-dole programs and charitable work. Founded in 2003, Avocare currently operates…
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Family appeals to put Jaz on wheels
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS LAUGHTER comes easily in the Makawe-Zaicz household. It’s a mark of Dandenong South parents Sue Makawe and Mick Zaicz’s pragmatism that they…
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Monkey business at Lunar festival
By GEORGIA WESTGARTH DANIEL Cheng hopes to see lots of little monkeys running around at this year’s Lunar New Year festival in Springvale. “It is…
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