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Dandenong South rail crash: Cranbourne man dead, 11 injured
By ROY WARD
TRAIN services on the Cranbourne
line will be disrupted for five days or more following a fatal crash at a
Dandenong South level crossing...
Dandenong South rail crash: ‘Joyride’ turns into trauma
By ALECIA PINNER
A PASSENGER on the Cranbourne train involved in a Dandenong South level crossing collision with a prime mover yesterday said he got on...
Dandenong is where Gwen's heart is
By MARG STORK
"I LOVE Dandenong. It is the city where my heart is." These are the heart-felt words of Gwen Jarvis on the city she...
19th-century rifle crushed
A 19th-century military firearm was among about 30 weapons surrendered to Dandenong police in the first month of a weapons amnesty.
Sergeant Andrew Smart said...
Riders with disabilities take the world in their stride
For people with disabilities, learning to ride a horse can be transforming, emotionally and physically. Catherine Watson visited Myuna Farm to see Riding Develops Abilities...
Australia's worst weed serrated tussock comes to town
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS
A WEED of national significance has reared its unwanted head in Greater Dandenong.
Serrated tussock, an innocuous-looking South American grass that can spread...
Timber pallets: Create a crate idea and win
TALK about making a purse out of a sow's ear, or in this case, a violin, a harpsichord, guitar or a designer table crafted...
Dandenong Thunder call to dob in flare offenders
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS
DANDENONG Thunder Soccer Club is pleading with fans to dob in those who fired rocket flares during its recent grand final in...
Dandenong Green: The 'emotional' doorknocker
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS
IT'S no wonder that Matthew Kirwan says his election as the municipality's first Greens councillor was an "emotional experience".
For years, he harboured...
Ex-mayor Long seeking Greater Dandenong’s top job
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS
FRESH from her narrow re-election, Angela Long is standing for mayor at Wednesday's councillor inauguration.
The councillor-elect, who was mayor in 2000, relied...
What's on in Greater Dandenong
Sewing circle: Make a crazy quilt, cushions and enjoy a joke or two at The Open Door, 110 Ann Street, Dandenong, 10am-noon Tuesdays. Entry...
The low-interest car loan that liberated
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS
GETTING a low-interest car loan has made a world of difference to Fatme Ibrahim.
Newly arrived from Lebanon, the unemployed single mother of...
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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,...
