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Time for crates to do the heavy lifting
By CASEY NEILL DANDENONG is showcasing packaging waste at its best. The sixth Create from a Crate exhibition will open at Walker Street Gallery on…
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Keep caring about us
NICE to see a grade five student so concerned about what is going on in the world (War Weary, Dandenong Journal, 14 December). Of course…
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Recruits step up to the task
SPRINGVALE Fire Station is putting two new firefighter recruits through their paces. Joel Cowton, 34, and Peter De Maria, 42, graduated from the 19-week training…
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Run it up the flagpole
By CASEY NEILL A VIETNAMESE woman with tears spilling from her eyes approaches the media table at the 14 December Greater Dandenong Council meeting. “Thank…
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Club’s last roll
DANDENONG’S longest continuous sports club was farewelled in early 2015. In February the Dandenong City Bowling Club played its final home matches at its picturesque…
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Anderson’s December to remember
By JARROD POTTER PERSEVERING through numerous set-backs has been a constant thread throughout Larissa Anderson’s basketball coaching career and her first WNBL campaign has been…
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Car crime clampdown
By LACHLAN MOORHEAD DANDENONG will be among the areas flooded with cops this week as police launch another operation to stop thefts from cars. More…
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Electric bike break-in
SIX electric bikes worth more than $60,000 were stolen from a Springvale business last month. Thieves broke into the Princes Highway store about 4am on…
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Police probe homeless stabbing
By GEORGIA WESTGARTH A HOMELESS man was found with life-threatening stab wounds to his back in Dandenong over the weekend. The man, aged in his…
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Service for students
By CASEY NEILL FIVE Dandenong High School students can pursue their studies thanks to local Nashos. For the past 10 years, the National Servicemen’s Association…
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The art of the matter
A NEW national art prize is encouraging refugees and asylum seekers to pursue their talents. City of Greater Dandenong has launched Home and Art to…
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Acting career hits the roof
By CASEY NEILL A BREAKTHROUGH role doesn’t get much better than the fiddler in Fiddler on the Roof. Pakenham resident Brett Fisher made his professional…