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City won’t see green light cash
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS WHAT DO YOU THINK? SCROLL TO BELOW THIS STORY TO POST A COMMENT. GREATER Dandenong Council has a possible $300,000 void in…
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Dandenong Hospital: Mental health patients on outer
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS WHAT DO YOU THINK? SCROLL TO BELOW THIS STORY TO POST A COMMENT. MENTAL health patients are languishing for more than eight…
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Marg Moments: Sewing up happy memories at Browns
IN a recent story in this column, I referred to a proposed 20th anniversary reunion of former dressmakers who were employed at Brown’s clothing factory,…
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Wasted years: ‘ice’ puts young lives on the slide
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS WHAT DO YOU THINK? SCROLL TO BELOW THIS STORY TO POST A COMMENT. A rise in ambulance call-outs for substance abuse has…
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Plea to get rid of Noble Park boom gates
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS CRIPPLING traffic gridlock at Noble Park’s Heatherton Road level crossing is being described as close to “another Springvale”. Greater Dandenong councillor Roz…
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Salvos’ Doveton Food Bank warehouse to close
By Cameron Lucadou-Wells WHAT DO YOU THINK? SCROLL TO BELOW THIS STORY TO POST A COMMENT. IN the midst of its annual Red Shield Appeal,…
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Women’s finances Dandenong workshop
Women who have been controlled financially in a violent domestic relationship are invited to a free workshop in Dandenong next month. WIRE Women’s Information will…
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Dandenong Plaza gets ABA breastfeeding tick
The Australian Breastfeeding Association has rated Dandenong Plaza’s recently refurbished parent room as five-star. Yvette O’Dowd, a breastfeeding counsellor at the ABA’s Dandenong group, said…
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School crossings considered
Casey Council will respond to requests from Doveton College, which opened this year, for school crossings in the area. The college, formed from a merger…
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Roundabout funding on the way
Five intersections in Dandenong and Springvale will receive $1.26 million of federal black spot funding. Bruce federal Labor MP Alan Griffin and Infrastructure and Transport…
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Dandenong boarding house bashing
A man was bashed in an aggravated burglary in a boarding house in David Street, Dandenong, on Monday of last week. The 24-year-old boarding house…
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Grants for Men’s Sheds
Men’s Sheds across Victoria are eligible for $30,000 grants from the state government. The group’s 160 branches aim to provide health and well-being assistance for…