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Unsung heroes of the past
When I traced the wonderful work the staff and swimming teachers have done and continue to do, teaching young people to swim at the Dandenong…
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Rangers watch the Fire burn
By JARROD POTTER A second half blitz from Dandenong shook off a determined Townsville – with the Rangers running out 20-point winners. The first half…
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Dandenong factory fire
By CASEY NEILL A FACTORY fire at a recycling business in Dandenong South is now under control. CFA crews remain at the site, in Thomas…
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World beater buries the competition
By CASEY NEILL SPRINGVALE Botanical Cemetery has been named the best in the world for 2013. It’s the first cemetery outside the USA to win…
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Cool way to beat the heat
COOL rooms will be up and running in Greater Dandenong tomorrow and Friday to help residents beat the heat. City of Greater Dandenong today (Wednesday)…
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Taxi trap
By NICOLE WILLIAMS THE closure of a Springvale taxi company has been blamed on cheap fares and rising petrol prices. But Minister for Roads and…
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Community ‘angel’
By CASEY NEILL “I CALL Sri Samy the angel of Friends of Refugees, not without justification.” Trevor Grant, the Springvale-based group’s spokesman, said he’d met…
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Quilting a creative patch
By CASEY NEILL EVERY Tuesday there’s an air of excitement and enthusiasm at Dandenong Neighbourhood House – the quilters from Wallara have arrived. When the…
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Skilled on a world stage
NATIONAL champion panel beater and Chisholm graduate Dayne Ciborowski has returned to the TAFE’s Dandenong campus to judge the next generation of apprentices. The Cranbourne…
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Hunt for thief
A 62-YEAR-OLD man was assaulted and robbed in Dandenong last month. The man had finished withdrawing money from an ATM outside Dandenong Lotto on Thomas…
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Lawyers find charity cash
By CASEY NEILL TWELVE days of festive fun at M and K Lawyers in Dandenong will raise more than $2000 for charity. The office decided…
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Casting Christmas goodwill
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS WORKERS at Nissan’s metal-casting plant in Dandenong South have sacrificed their Christmas bonus hampers, instead pooling the funds for the Red Cross…