News
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Building smarts
FIVE Greater Dandenong building projects are in the running for Victorian Architecture Awards. The Revitalising Central Dandenong: Lonsdale Street Redevelopment is a contender for the…
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Max was a living treasure
By CASEY NEILL Maxwell Oldmeadow Born: 3 August 1924 Died: 21 March 2013 GREATER Dandenong was Max Oldmeadow’s home and his passion. The community farewelled…
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Health on the menu
A HEALTHIER and happier Greater Dandenong community is the goal for a new program working with residents where they live, learn, work and play Healthy…
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Free to succeed
By CASEY NEILL RICHARD Lim’s family had been all but wiped out when he fled Cambodia. After enduring years of torture and starvation in refugee…
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Help for youth facing the law
FAMILY violence support for Dandenong received a much-needed $30,000 boost from Victoria Legal Aid (VLA). Springvale Monash Legal Service will use the funds to provide…
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Strong field for Lyndhurst poll
LYNDHURST voters will have eight candidates to choose from at the 27 April by-election. Former Labor MP Tim Holding resigned as the seat’s representative in…
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A healthy serve
INSPIRATION for healthy cooking is now close at hand in Dandenong. A new demonstration kitchen in Market Square at Dandenong Market – dubbed The Kitchen…
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Bureaucracy bungle
By CASEY NEILL THE State Government “sacked a hero” when it last week stripped Chisholm Institute chairman David Willersdorf of his position. This is the…
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Preying on victims’ valuables
By CASEY NEILL THREE women are using the power of prayer to scam money and jewellery in Springvale. Police want to speak to anyone with…
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Three nabbed in drugs raids
By CASEY NEILL AN ILLEGAL immigrant is facing deportation and charges over a cannabis crop worth more than $300,000, following three drug busts in Greater…
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Businesses to have a say
By CASEY NEILL THE Committee for Dandenong says businesses should have a greater say in shaping local government. It’s supporting a push from South Eastern…
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Phone tip on missing Noble Park man
Greater Dandenong detectives are hoping new clues may help them solve the mystery disappearance seven years ago of a Noble Park grandfather. A recent anonymous…