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Roz Blades
Greater Dandenong councillor and Noble Park community crusader THE Dandenong Journal in its heyday was regarded as the Age of local newspapers. It was big…
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Roy Aspinall
Dandenong traders advocate and Sandown spokesman I HAVE spent the past 50 years as a journalist writing primarily for the nationals and dailies and over…
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Gary Castricum
Committee for Dandenong chairman and Castricum Food Service managing director I AM very pleased to hear that the Journal is back in the hands of…
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Chris Keys
President of the Dandenong and District Historical Society and member of the Keys family, after whom Keysborough was named. Where do you find the local…
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Value of media relationships
Dandenong police Acting Senior Sergeant Duncan Bartley. VICTORIA Police’s strategic plan, Blueprint 2012-15, was recently updated and released by Chief Commissioner Ken Lay. The plan…
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Welcome readers
By PAUL THOMAS Managing Director Star News Group AS PROUD and committed publishers of true community newspapers, I am delighted to be able to see…
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Police hunt man over indecent act
A WOMAN was indecently assaulted at Sandown Park Railway Station yesterday (Wednesday). Police have released images and CCTV footage of a man they want to…
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Thieves make off with forklift
POLICE are appealing for information about a forklift theft in Dandenong between 6pm on 27 August and 6am on 28 August. Thieves took the forklift…
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Hubs of migrant help announced
SPRINGVALE and Dandenong will be home to three community hubs designed to empower migrants and refugees. Multicultural Affairs Minister Kate Lundy and Bruce incumbent and…
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Six times the limit
A LYSTERFIELD woman, 32, returned a breath test almost six times the legal limit following a collision in Dandenong on Saturday. Police said her car…
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Avid readers in festive spirit
KIDS across Greater Dandenong turned bookworms last week, to celebrate Book Week 2013. The oldest children’s festival in Australia ran from 17 to 23 August…
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Sampey snaps
By CASEY NEILL “IT’S all about personality, isn’t it? They’re ignoring legal advice!” This was the claim from an irate councillor Maria Sampey at Monday…