News
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Danger at Springvale level crossing
Pedestrians and drivers running the gauntlet at Springvale’s level crossing were targeted by police last week. Acting Superintendent Charlie Allen said the level crossing was…
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Teens face charges after Springvale assault
Four people have been charged after an alleged abduction and assault in Springvale last Thursday night. Police said a 17-year-old boy was walking along Turramurra…
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Noble Park: Milk tanker pursuit ends in arrest
POLICE used road spikes to stop a milk tanker at the Police Road off-ramp of the Monash Freeway in Noble Park on Saturday morning after…
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Further down the assembly line
WHEN you’ve found a good spot, stay on it. That’s what some manufacturers are thinking about as they set up base in the outer east…
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Helping young mothers aim high
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS TEENAGE mothers are being given a vital stepping-stone to get back to school. A makeshift classroom has been set up at Mission…
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Springvale South woman assaulted by intruder
A woman was indecently and physically assaulted by a male intruder in her Springvale South home on Monday last week. Dandenong sexual offences and child…
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New Chisholm campus opens in Dandenong
AMID the gloom of $25.5 million in state budget cuts, Chisholm Institute had a reason to celebrate last week. On Tuesday, its chief executive Maria…
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360 years and a world record for Dandenong masters!
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS SOON after watching “young snippets” swim for Olympic gold in London, Keysborough’s Hazel Gillbee made her own piece of history on Saturday…
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Asbestos dumping alert in south-east
By DANIEL TRAN and CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS RESIDENTS are knowingly dumping asbestos on their front lawns in the hope it will be taken away during hard…
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Dandenong Afghan leader says asylum option cruel
By Cameron Lucadou-Wells FORMER Afghanistan foreign minister Abdul Kaliq Fazal doubts whether asylum seekers will be deterred by offshore processing. Mr Fazal, who heads the…
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A Moment with Marg: Chat room for the sisterhood
IT’S time to pay tribute to a sister act. Although it’s perceived as one of the city’s newer clubs – being formed on February 4,…
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Revitalising Dandenong project paved with concerns
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS DANDENONG’S peak disability group has rejected claims there was adequate consultation with disabled people on the Revitalising Central Dandenong project. Peter Fletcher,…