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Lovers of the book take a look
BIBLIOPHILES of all ages joined staff at Dandenong’s Stuart Street library on Saturday afternoon to celebrate 40 years since the library was opened in February…
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Street in a jam
By CASEY NEILL EDWARD Avenue in Dandenong is so choked with parked cars that it’s an accident waiting to happen, residents say. But City of…
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Big move in good books
NARELLE COULTER SHORTLY after the old Dandenong library in Stuart Street closes its doors for the final time on Sunday, specialist removalists will start the…
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Brave Dave defies odds
By CASEY NEILL DAVE Jacka doesn’t see why being a quadriplegic should stop him from flying a plane. Solo. Around Australia. He’ll share his story…
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Call for tutors
By CASEY NEILL ANNE Whitehead became a tutor for new migrants as a way to help the community during retirement. But the volunteer has found…
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Court cools ice use
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS SPECIALISTS are struggling to find effective treatments for “epidemic” levels of the illicit stimulant drug ‘ice’, says the magistrate at the south-eastern-based…
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Decade-long lease
By CASEY NEILL THE State Government has signed a 10-year lease at a new Dandenong office. About 150 workers will move into the 2450 square…
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New face for Labor
By CASEY NEILL GABRIELLE Williams hopes to keep Dandenong in ALP hands at November’s State Election. She’s been selected as the party’s candidate for the…
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Arson spree probed
By CASEY NEILL AND CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS POLICE are yet to lay charges over an arson spree in Springvale last Monday night. Greater Dandenong CIU Acting…
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Woman escapes in pre-dawn drama
A WOMAN narrowly escaped from two men who cornered and threatened her at Sandown Park railway station on 12 February. Greater Dandenong CIU detectives are…
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Home fire accident
ARSON chemists have deemed the Potter Street fire that killed a Dandenong toddler on 7 February non-suspicious. The three-year-old boy’s mother told police she’d locked…
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Tabs on pokies
GREATER Dandenong may be set to roll the dice on a “strengthened” gambling policy against extra poker machines in the municipality. Councillors will vote on…
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