Tag: Editors Picks
Call to fix another Abbotts Road black spot
WORKERS in Abbotts Road, Dandenong South, rocked by last Saturday week's fatal level crossing crash, are calling on Greater Dandenong Council to fix a...
Serrated tussock not for DIY: council
GREATER Dandenong Council has warned residents not to try do-it-yourself removal of the prolific and nationally-significant weed serrated tussock.
The Department of Primary Industries recently...
Driver dies in Dandenong North crash
A man died after his car (pictured) struck a tree in Dandenong North on Friday afternoon. Police said the driver was travelling north on...
DAIR workers' future still in doubt
About 150 workers returned to work at Dandenong South auto-parts manufacturer DAIR Industries last Wednesday, but their future at the plant remains clouded. The...
Servo robber strikes in Dandenong North again
Staff at a service station in Dandenong North have been held up at knife-point twice in two weeks. A man threatened an Oz Fuel...
VPL: Thunder stunned with $40,000 flare penalty
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS
DANDENONG Thunder has serious concerns for its financial future, looking shaky after a blow from massive "zero-tolerance" penalties imposed for spectators firing...
Chimney gone in a lightning flash
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS
DESPITE the popular saying, last Tuesday's lightning strike on a Dandenong North historic homestead may not have been the first time.
Owner John...
Music good times roll on at the Caravan
THIS is what an oasis in a cultural desert looks like: a cavernous canteen littered with mismatched chairs and tables under checkered cloths, a stage...
Dandenong mayor stands against 'stigmas'
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS
ANGELA Long was elected unopposed as Greater Dandenong mayor last week and pledged to represent indigenous groups and young people.
Cr Long, who...
Chilling memories of train-truck disaster
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS
IT was a horrible sort of Final Destination moment for Lucia Hatzivoyiatzis.
The Dandenong single mother thought she was going to die as...
Dandenong youth zoom in on bullying scourge
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS
THE tragic consequences of bullying is all too apparent to Dandenong-based Young Leader member Albert Mambo.
At his boarding high school in Uganda,...
Greater Dandenong poll: luck of the vote
By DAVID SCHOUT and CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS
IN an interesting what-if, Greater Dandenong mayor Angela Long would not have been elected as councillor under a first-past-the-post...