Tag: Editors Picks
Bollard-gate: Greater Dandenong path row ramps up
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS
PERHAPS a name for this debacle should be 'Bollard-gate'.
How else can you describe a $40,000 footpath project that was to provide access...
Lyndhurst byelection: Labor wins but slides 14.6%
LABOR candidate Martin Pakula has claimed victory in the Lyndhurst state byelection despite a historically low primary vote in the traditionally safe ALP seat.
After...
Golden memories of the 1940s
THE message was simple but the memories were vivid - the letter, simply addressed to 'A Moment with Marg', arrived on April 12 in a...
Pull up a chair for Lawson, Paterson bush yarns
COLIN Robinson is bringing to life some of Australia's bush literary heritage in a sound-and-sight exhibition in Springvale.
Some of his vast collection of old...
Boozy offender restrained
A man was charged with drunk, riotous behaviour after abusing and attempting to punch protective service officers at Dandenong railway station. The man was...
Rotary helping to beat bowel cancer
By KAREN COOMBS
THE Rotary Club of Dandenong's community campaign raising awareness of bowel cancer is saving lives.
Rotarian Trevor Harding, who has been organising the...
Explosive device thrown at house
An explosive device was thrown at a Dandenong North home earlier this month. Police say a three-centimetre-diameter device, containing an unknown power, caused a...
Dandenong losing its history due to lack of storage
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS
SIGNIFICANT parts of Greater Dandenong Council's historic collection have been damaged due to inadequate storage.
A council report last week stated that the...
Speed limit review for Dandenong High
VicRoads will consider changing speed limits on Princes Highway near Dandenong High School. Greater Dandenong Council’s engineering services director Bruce Rendall said VicRoads told...
Letters to the Editor, Dandenong Journal
Green wedge: Councillors reject call to resign
Well, at least they were given the opportunity. This is a much bigger issue than the Greater Dandenong...
Hospital ignored security warning: nurses
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS
DANDENONG Hospital has failed to implement safety recommendations made two years ago, leading to ongoing staff concerns, the nursing union claims.
Nurses last...
Anzac collector unbowed by brazen theft
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS
LORRAINE Laughton was unbowed after being cruelly robbed of her handbag and her car while collecting for the Anzac Appeal at Endeavour...
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Mum, police plea for help in shooting case
Police have released CCTV and images in their appeal for public assistance over the shooting of a Dandenong father-of-three this month.
The victim Jesse,...
