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Pre-dawn highway robbery
TWO men armed with a cricket bat have robbed a man in Dandenong. Greater Dandenong CIU Detective Sergeant Luke Kirton said the 24-year-old victim was…
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Parking cash drilled out
THIEVES have stolen more than $550 in coins from central Dandenong parking meters. Greater Dandenong CIU Detective Sergeant Luke Kirton said they drilled out the…
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Volunteers doing their rounds
By CASEY NEILL VOLUNTEERING has always come naturally to Frank Silvera. The 92-year-old from Dandenong North had been visiting Kathleen Brown at aged care centre…
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Gold as Claudia finds her calling
By CASEY NEILL CLAUDIA Morando-Stokoe found her calling through the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award. The Dandenong North 18-year-old was among 75 young Victorians awarded the…
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Christmas dumpers do the dirty
DANDENONG roads are among the worst hit by festive season dumpers. VicRoads is urging people to do the right thing over the Christmas holiday period…
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Carols usher togetherness spirit
HARAMBEE Choir will sing Christmas carols in Cafe Vita at Springvale Botanical Cemetery. The performance from 1pm to 4pm on Sunday 20 December will also…
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Door opens
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS FROM the start, this scenario had failure written all over it. A woman with a serious mental illness and a passion for…
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Forging into Chinese markets
By CASEY NEILL CHINA is an increasingly attractive partner for Greater Dandenong businesses. Greater Dandenong Council led a trade delegation to its sister city Xuzhou…
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Boost to skill up former auto workers
By CASEY NEILL AN $8.4 MILLION boost to skills, training and job search support in the south-east is part of a $46.5 million State Government…
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Grants fuel success
By CASEY NEILL FROM fuel to falafel, furniture, finances and security – Greater Dandenong’s latest Business Grants Program recipients cover a lot of ground. The…
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At their service
By CASEY NEILL FIVE Dandenong High School students can pursue their studies thanks to local Nashos. For the past 10 years, the National Servicemen’s Association…
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Teacher told church scandal journalist that priest was a ‘timebomb’
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS IT COMES as a surprise to former Journal reporter Phil McLeod that his breaking story on the scandalised Holy Family parish priest…