News
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Thieves’ swift helicopter getaway
MORE than $34,000 worth of racing car simulators, TVs and remote control helicopters was stolen from two Dandenong South factories last month. Offenders broke into…
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Dark waters of the city’s hidden demons
Jack Johnson is the author of When The Clock Strikes, a fascinating account of growing up in Dandenong, his years tending to the city’s pipes…
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Scan kits to fight
DANDENONG Rotarians will do their bit to beat bowel cancer throughout May. Trevor Harding lost his 38-year-old niece Debbie Greer to the disease about 15…
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Big screen adverts get a break
COMMERCIAL advertising is set to hit Dandenong Civic Square’s big screen. Greater Dandenong councillors approved a report on Monday last week for the big screen…
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Jobs on the curriculum
A NEW employment-focused school has opened its doors in Dandenong. Private vocational educator Evocca College will offer business, community services, counselling and events courses from…
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School to make upgrade available to other students
By GEORGIA WESTGARTH ONE of Melbourne’s largest co-educational government schools, with more than 300 students in each year, has undergone a major arts upgrade and…
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Midnight bin blaze
A COUNCIL bin was set on fire outside an elderly woman’s house in Dandenong last month. The woman spotted the flames from her front window…
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Building’s blue move
A PROMINENT blue building in central Dandenong might not be blue much longer. CW Cakes has moved from the 224 Lonsdale Street site to another…
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Police take a swipe at negligent car owners
OPPORTUNISTIC thieves are swiping car keys and then making off with the owner’s car at alarming rates according to police. Police have responded to a…
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Journal drop off
BUSINESSES in Dandenong South will now find it easier to get their Journal. Bulk drops into the industrial zone started on Monday 4 May. Copies…
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Budget secures train jobs
By CASEY NEILL DANDENONG’S Bombardier will receive an order for 21 new train carriages from the State Government in next week’s budget, securing 64 jobs.…
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Ute owner’s grisly find
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS and LACHLAN MOORHEAD UPDATE 1.45pm THE owner of a severed finger found in a Hallam ute has come forward to police. The man aged…