Tag: Editors Picks
Peacemakers of the streets
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS
We join a team of peacemakers building bridges between police and young people from African and Pacific Islander communities.
Their targets are young...
Vu Ho the fighter: Sheep, prison, Viet Cong, pirates
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS
LATEST: When Vu Ho lost last week's legal appeal to keep his pet sheep Baa at his Springvale home, he faced a $200,000-plus...
Team Maihan united in name and achievement
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS: clucadou-wells@mmpgroup.com.au
THE “world game” has harnessed migrants and refugees in Dandenong into a potent strike-force on the pitch.
With a core group of...
Keysborough acid test: gallery, video
By ALECIA PINNER
EPA staff donned protective suits before tackling the clean-up of an acid spill on Keysborough Road last Tuesday.
A 1000-litre container fell off...
Pole makes light work of Hallam oval’s tree problem
By ALECIA PINNER: apinner@mmpgroup.com.au
CASEY council will erect an extra light pole at Hallam Recreation
Reserve to solve the problem of a large tree casting a...
Your community voice: Sri Samy
Community Voice is a monthly column celebrating Greater Dandenong’s diverse cultures and lifestyles. This month Sri Samy, a charity volunteer and advocate for Tamil...
Shoppers cop some questioning
BRUSHING up on
their interviewing skills, Springvale police have been out seeking happy
customers rather than criminals for a survey at Parkmore and Noble Park
...
Refugee youngsters having a ball
By ALECIA PINNER
YOUNG Sudanese and Afghani refugees have spent 10 fun-filled weeks learning to play basketball in Dandenong North.
The New Kids on the Basketball...
My Voice: A moment with Marg
By MARG STORK
LYNDHURST Halfway House has played important roles in
the local community, not the least being the catalyst for the formation
of Dandenong...
Baa and Vu beaten, but sheer determination will go on
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS: clucadou-wells@mmpgroup.com.au
- SEE: Vu Ho the fighter: Sheep, prison, Viet Cong, pirates
SPRINGVALE refugee Vu Ho faces a $200,000-plus legal bill after
losing his...
Dramatic build in Greater Dandenong council debt
By DANIEL TRAN
GREATER Dandenong council expects to return to “acceptable” debt
levels in five years, after revealing it borrowed $33 million in 2012-13
to fund...
Pictures of the Month: May
CHECK out our best photos through May from all over our city, as featured in the Weekly and The Weekly Review newspapers.
Images selected by Metro Media Publishing’s Picture Editors...
Latest
Wallace weights in as Berwick blasts Bulls
Jake Hancock, Michael Wallace, and a 180-run stand.
It was the vision that Berwick supporters dreamt of over the offseason and witnessed it come...
