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Video: Dandenong Journal memories-part 2
Marg Stork and John Woods continue their chat about the history of the Dandenong Journal – town secretaries, Pommy bludgers and bomb threats.
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Dandenong arson attacks 'timed' to put heat on emergency services
By JASON TURNER POLICE are ‘‘disturbed’’ that a spike in suspected arson cases in Greater Dandenong has coincided with the recent heatwave. Authorities fought five…
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Ashwood fire: Woman charged with arson
By DANIEL TRAN MELBOURNE was still reeling from its early January heatwave when a teenager allegedly lit a grass fire in Ashwood over the weekend.…
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Police hunt Endeavour Hills burglar over jewellery heist
POLICE are seeking witnesses to a burglary of an Endeavour Hills home last month when jewellery of great sentimental value was stolen. A neighbour…
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Deliberate look at Dandenong South fire
POLICE are investigating whether a grass fire in Dandenong South on Friday that burnt 10 acres of land was deliberately lit. They are seeking witnesses…
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Six men remanded over armed robbery spree
SIX men have been charged and remanded in police custody over a spate of armed robberies at gaming venues and post offices in the south…
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Gallery: Dandenong South grass fire
A GRASS and scrub fire in Dandenong South on Friday came incredibly close to factories and a new housing estate near the Dandenong Bypass reserve. …
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Migrants' past has rosy future
ONE of Springvale’s most important multicultural sites has been commemorated, with the opening of the long-planned Enterprise Hostel rose and sculpture garden. Although the former…
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Two wheels, one dream
When a young James Mowatt first got on a bike, he thought he was simply following the path of his stepfather Rodney Clark, an avid…
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Council wants out of smart meters
GREATER Dandenong Council will formally oppose the installation of smart meters in all council-owned buildings and will engage solicitors to investigate its legal rights to…
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The simple things lead to happy life
AS soon as Bill Blanchard met 20-year-old Margaret Stutterd at their workplace, he knew she would be his wife. Fifty years later — last Monday…
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Award reflects garden's style
By DAVID SCHOUT and CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS THE designers of Keysborough’s distinct Somerville estate garden have taken out a Victorian Landscape award. The ‘Reflections’ garden, designed…