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$305m for students
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS A SUPPORT program for students with disabilities has been boosted by $305 million over the next four years but may not stop…
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Square needs a name
GREATER Dandenong’s new public square needs a name. The space at the new civic centre on the corner of Lonsdale and Walker streets, Dandenong, is…
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Thrift helps make big change
By CASEY NEILL A NEW Doveton thrift shop will deliver bargains and help for those in need. Dandenong Salvation Army opened the store last Friday…
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Ice age ambos
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS AMBULANCES are being called out at least once a week to treat people using crystal methamphetamine, otherwise known as ‘ice’. A Turning…
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Dannielle’s message to feel good
By YEAR 8 STUDENTS LAURA SMITH AND CHLOE LAU AT the age of just two, Dannielle Miller suffered third degree burns on her right arm…
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Business breakfast looks like lunch
By CASEY NEILL RYE Crust Bakery owner Andrew Lipiszko joked that last week’s Greater Dandenong Chamber of Commerce breakfast was actually his lunch. He’d already…
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Correct freight, mate
FREIGHT links projects will deliver a boost to business in the south east, Ports Minister David Hodgett said last week. The 2014-’15 State Budget included…
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James and the big chill
By LACHLAN MOORHEAD AT THE height of his three-year ice addiction, James wouldn’t sleep for four days straight and hallucinated that snakes were eating him…
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Fly by night drop in
By MELISSA MEEHAN POLICE hope to interview a Dandenong man in relation to a car crash in Belgrave on Thursday night. Belgrave Sergeant Craig West…
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A moment with Marg Stork
Dawn dances in to Neighbourhood Watch I HAVE known Dawn Vernon for many, many years. I first met Dawn when I used to write stories…
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Hunt for missing delivery driver
By CASEY NEILL SPRINGVALE SES volunteers this afternoon joined the search for a missing man last seen in Dandenong South. Homicide Squad Missing Persons Unit…
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Mustang owner ‘over the moon’
By CASEY NEILL A NARRE Warren North retiree has been reunited with his stolen Mustang. Sergeant Andrew Payne said police found the car at a…