News
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Jobs port hit
By CASEY NEILL THE Port of Hastings project lost $80 million in last week’s State Budget in a blow to the Greater Dandenong business community…
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Parks team show that food is good to grow
AN EDIBLE oasis in the heart of Dandenong is more than just a pretty sight. The City of Greater Dandenong parks team has planted and…
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Council says it won’t oust Al-Furqan
THERE is no reason to cancel a controversial Islamic group’s two-year-old standing booking at a Keysborough leisure centre. This was the City of Greater Dandenong’s…
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Bike getaway after garage fire
A SUSPICIOUS man was spotted riding away from a Dandenong garage fire on a bike last month. A witness saw smoke coming from the vacant…
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Call goes out to pitch in for successful showtime
PLANNING has commenced for the 2015 Doveton Show and the committee is calling on local residents to lend a hand. The Doveton Show has grown…
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Flat view on small scale
By CASEY NEILL KEYSBOROUGH students are the only Aussies taking part in an origami microscope study. Teacher Kean Lau applied to take part in the…
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Panes passion never wanes
By CASEY NEILL WINDOWS are never too far from Joe Mulholland’s mind. Even after spending 10 years out of the industry he’d drive past homes…
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Attack man knocked out
TWO people have been set upon outside a Dandenong milk bar by a group of men wielding baseball bats and golf clubs. The victims were…
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Residents out of the bus loop
HOUSING estates in Keysborough South remain off the bus network loop under the State Government’s budget plan. In the government’s $100 million metro bus upgrade…
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Firebug flees wetlands
POLICE are searching for a man who lit a fire at the Melbourne Water Wetlands in Dandenong last weekend. A man was seen putting bark…
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School campaign to continue
CALLS for a Keysborough South primary school went unheeded in last week’s State Budget, but a high-profile advocacy campaign is on the cards. The absence…
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Drugs and guns seized
THIRTY grams of ice and two guns were seized in a Dandenong police raid last month. Detectives executed a search warrant at the Princes Highway…