Tag: Community
No escape in Dandenong
ILLEGAL drivers had no place to hide during a state highway patrol blitz in Dandenong last Wednesday and Thursday.
As part of Operation Road Bia,...
More job cuts feared at TAFE
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS
CHISHOLM Institute staff and the Australian Education Union fear the price of ongoing funding cuts at the institute will be more than...
New Dandenong plant to treat contaminated soil
A SECOND contaminated soil treatment plant will be built in the Dandenong area.
Renex Group chief executive Peter Mirkov announced works were set to start...
Cops confront spike in domestic violence
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS
FAMILY assaults are regarded by police as extremely serious — so much so that Greater Dandenong police sergeant Ally Howard sees her...
Dome is where the stars are
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS
BUDDING astronomers have a chance to reach for the stars in an inflatable planetarium during Greater Dandenong's inaugural children's festival.
The 'Cosmodome' will...
Getting the message through
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS
DANDENONG-based businessman Craig Membrey is set to make a documentary to try to stop teen suicides.
Mr Membrey's 17-year-old son Rowan died last...
An app a day, every day
A SLIGSHOT that has birds flying through the air smashing into pigs. A samurai sword the slices and dices fruit. Simple ideas. Big money.
But among...
Age, youth at play in Noble Park
Sarah got into the groove during a movement session at an 'intergenerational' playgroup being piloted by Greater Dandenong Council at Darvall Lodge aged-care home...
DDCA: Dandenong bids farewell to Mr Cricket
By ROY WARD
GREATER Dandenong cricket identity Des Nolan was Dandenong cricket's '13th man'.
He didn't always hold an official title but he was always there,...
Land zoning in Dandenong: expert warns
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS
RESIDENTIAL third-party rights in Dandenong's 'significant growth' areas could be further eroded under the state government's proposed residential zone changes, says a...
Tree, bin tipper burn
A nature strip tree and bin tipper were set alight in blazes within 70 minutes of each other.
The bin, outside a truck refinisher's factory...
Noble Park community awards: book for dinner
Bookings are open for the annual Noble Park community awards dinner.
Fourteen nominees will be in the running for five awards at the three-course dinner...
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Lions claw troubled Tigers
Narre South has a golden opportunity to climb off the bottom of the Dandenong District Cricket Association’s Turf 1 competition table next week with...
