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Sticking with it
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS ‘ALY’ is the sort of asylum seeker success story that people don’t hear enough about. He’s the 100th client trained up and…
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Culture hangs by threads
ARTISTS need to flag their interest in Cultural Threads by Friday 11 March. The City of Greater Dandenong will celebrate textile arts and cultural diversity…
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Schizophrenic knocked himself out in police cell
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS A MAN bashed a mobile phone vendor in Dandenong Plaza, threatened to kill a support worker and rammed himself unconscious into a…
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Breaking the cycle
By CASEY NEILL DANDENONG Evening VIEW Club has helped children to escape from disadvantage through education for the past 30 years. The organisation’s national councillor…
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Twins’ tricks are a treat
IT’S a case of seeing double – three times – at Heritage Preschool in Noble Park North. In what must be rare odds, three sets…
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IPads break isolation
ELDERLY Keysborough citizens can escape isolation thanks to a $10,000 grant. Chap Chow from the Xinjiang Chinese Association of Australia said the group would use…
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Kinders ease into prep
SPRINGVALE kinder kids will now start their pre-school journey at school. Sandown Park Kindergarten has relocated to a $1 million centre at Springvale Rise Primary…
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Spring into Easter
THE Easter Bunny will hop into Keysborough for a family fun day. Somerfield Social Club is inviting children to enjoy an Easter egg hunt, animal…
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Ratepayers have a say on what to pay
GREATER Dandenong ratepayers can have their say on their council’s next budget. An online forum will take ideas and foster discussion on what the community…
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Woman killed in freeway crash
A WOMAN has died following a multi-car crash on the Monash Freeway in Dandenong North. She was driving inbound about 7.40am on Thursday 3 March…
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Theatre to beat its own drum
By CASEY NEILL THE Drum Theatre will grow into a community and cultural hub if a new strategy goes according to plan. Greater Dandenong councillors…
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Cops seize drugs, firearms
By CASEY NEILL POLICE have recovered four stolen firearms while executing a warrant in Noble Park. Greater Dandenong Tasking Unit officers also seized drugs, stolen…