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$7.5m drug bust
By LACHLAN MOORHEAD MORE than $7.5 million worth of illicit drugs was seized and two men arrested after Casey CIU last week busted an extensive…
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Car blaze deemed suspicious
UPDATE: POLICE have identified the car and said it had broken down at the location. By CASEY NEILL FIRE has destroyed a car in Keysborough…
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Cuts take a grip
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS Service to close after slashing repeat crime… A DIVERSION program that has stopped nearly 90 per cent of its young male clients…
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Asian gateway rises
Journal photographer Gary Sissons captured the stunning new Springvale Asian Gateway as it lit up Buckingham Avenue last Tuesday night. The gateway will be officially…
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Roof siege comes to end
By JARROD POTTER A 30-HOUR siege in Noble Park involving a man throwing tiles and flaming objects at police was brought to an end Saturday…
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Vintage veterans march in style
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS IT’S not hard to imagine this amiable pair of veterans filling the cabin of their 1959 FC Holden with a string of…
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Gates open to Asia
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS SPRINGVALE’S newest towering landmark is set to be officially unveiled after years of delays and wrangling over cost and design brawls. The…
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Stupid life is on track
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS SPEAKING to ‘David’ today it’s hard to imagine this bubbly, hopeful young man was involved with a bad crowd and did a…
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Anzac events
DANDENONG Saturday 18 April, 9.30am to 11am Dandenong Primary School will hold a ceremony to plant a Gallipoli Oak and rededicate an honour board with…
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Hijab day event hits back at online hate
By CASEY NEILL WOMEN bravely donned hijabs in Dandenong last week amid an online storm of anger and hatred around a National Youth Week activity.…
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Lesson learned for life
LEARNING how to recycle, compost and plant kept kids on school holidays busy in Dandenong last week. They turned egg cartons into a hungry caterpillar…
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Steady show
By CASEY NEILL DANDENONG Show turned around its fortunes last year, making a $7000 profit following a $40,000 loss in 2013. But the Dandenong Agricultural…