Tag: Community
Greater Dandenong Christmas greetings
Christmas street decorations will be 'unwrapped' in Greater Dandenong's new public spaces in Noble Park and Springvale.
In Noble Park's Civic Space and Buckley Street,...
'Defibs' roll out at Greater Dandenong sporting venues
DEFIBRILLATORS, used to revive people under cardiac arrest, will be provided at all Greater Dandenong Council's sports venues.
The council will fund the potentially life-saving...
People power win against Dandenong three-storey flats
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS
A PEOPLE power campaign against three-storey apartments in a predominantly one-storey residential street of Dandenong has won support from Greater Dandenong Council.
Neighbours...
Lighting the way for Young Pink Sisters
KEYSBOROUGH couple Lauren and Justin Bryant flicked the switch on their Christmas lights to herald in the festive season — and to promote their...
$10m Monash Freeway sensor 'problem' revealed
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS
AN internal VicRoads report has revealed a costly epidemic of flaws in its installation of wireless traffic sensors during the Monash Freeway...
Volunteer gift wrapping for Vision Australia
Do you enjoy wrapping gifts? Could you remain calm if asked to wrap a basketball, tricycle or giant teddy bear? Vision Australia is recruiting...
What's on in Greater Dandenong
Nativity scene: Come and see the annual nativity scene at St Elizabeth’s Parish, 107 Bakers Road, Dandenong North, from December 15-January 27. Open at...
White ribbons against family violence
Greater Dandenong councillors donned White Ribbon Day campaign T-shirts last Monday. Mayor Angela Long, fourth from left, said "we must all work together as...
Springvale seniors' memorable milestones
By MARG STORK
CONGRATULATIONS were the order of the day at Springvale Senior Citizens Multicultural Club when popular members Doreen and Leo Barnes of Mt...
Betty Luxford's lifetime of giving
By MARG STORK
OBITUARY Betty Luxford
November 16, 1925-October 5, 2012
BETTY Luxford led a busy and rewarding life as a selfless community leader.
She was mayoress three...
Stepping up for breast cancer 'Sisters'
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS
A CANCER survivor and her family are hoping to form a charity to help financially-stricken breast cancer patients meet steep treatment costs.
Keysborough's...
Braving the $2 ghostly affair
By MARG STORK
'TIS the season for dramas and pantomimes, and Noble Park Secondary College set the stage early with special effects that tingled a...