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Life breathed into livestock market
A pillar of Dandenong’s rich history as the Gateway to Gippsland could so easily have been lost. The livestock market on Cheltenham Road was a…
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Council goes 100% green-power
City of Greater Dandenong plans to use 100 per cent renewable energy by the 2020-21 financial year. The goal will be met when the council’s…
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Energy costs, local content headaches: SEMMA
There’s a changing of the guard at the peak body for South East manufacturers. Vonda Fenwick was announced as the incoming executive officer of South…
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Dandy teachers strike diamond
An enduring, happy 60 years of marriage started with a chance encounter on the beach of Phillip Island. Summer 1955, the Scottish-born Alex Forbes was…
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Push for cycling track
Greater Dandenong Council will form a working group to explore the need for a regional cycling facility, such as at Greaves Reserve, Dandenong. In the…
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Forward-looking innovation succeeds
Cutting-edge technology, business success stories and an inspiring rise from adversity by an IT student were the talking points at a Greater Dandenong Chamber of…
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Red Roo takes international leap
We all heard about the Boomers besting the USA in a basketball exhibition match in Melbourne recently. On 21 August, there was another set of…
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Park for the people, by the people
The much-loved timber-tower playspace in Burden Park, Springvale South owes everything to community spirit. Opened 25 years ago, it was built by an army of…
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Two teens charged with railway robbery
Two females have been charged over a violent robbery outside Dandenong railway station. A 29-year-old Dandenong woman was allegedly approached by the pair near the…
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Stolen car explodes
A loud explosion was heard by residents after a stolen car was set alight in Nockolds Crescent, Noble Park. The red 1989 Nissan Pulsar had…
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Alex Nelson Pavilion ransacked
Burglars have swiped booze, food and equipment from a sports pavilion in Alex Nelson Reserve, Springvale South. The multi-purpose pavilion off Harold Road was broken…
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‘Unguided missile’ bailed
An accused drug-driver who allegedly led a fast late-morning police pursuit through a supermarket car park and the wrong side of the road in central…
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