Tag: Editors Picks
Election time in Greater Dandenong
In the lead-up to next month's council elections the Weekly requires all letters and comments on municipal issues submitted for publication, whether online or...
Hallam speedsters frighten families
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS
THERE'S a section of Nettle Drive in Hallam that could be a perfect design for a racing car circuit: a 200-metre straight...
Pay cuts loom as TAFE crisis escalates
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS
CHISHOLM Institute has not responded to claims of secret plans to put staff on vastly lower pay and conditions.
As reported by the...
Just the cure for Greater Dandenong senioritis
By MARG STORK
AS warmer weather, bluer skies, and the songs of birds herald the spring, the young at heart can step out and have...
Preschool plea over Dandenong West crossing
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS
PARENTS and children are finding pick-up and drop-off time at Dandenong West Preschool more than a handful.
Lucy, the preschool's manager, says a...
Public transport stop-start
Whatever your mode of travel, road or rail, there's a high level of frustration in east and south-east Melbourne.
Angelo D'Amelio of Beaconsfield knows the...
Free fun for littlies in Noble Park
CHILDREN will be spoilt for choice this Sunday at Ross Reserve in Noble Park for Greater Dandenong Council's inaugural Little Day Out.
The big event...
Milk crates design beats major Dandenong project
DANDENONG'S Lonsdale Street redevelopment has been overlooked in favour of an alley piled with milk crates in the Melbourne Design Awards announced last week.
The...
Trash becomes a treasured exhibition
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS
It's taken 58 years for Noble Park artist Martin Heatherich to show his whimsical wares in his first solo exhibition, Suburban Creative.
Most days,...
Fast Lane
PAUL MEES: RMIT senior lecturer in transport planning
■ Drop big-ticket projects like the east-west link and the metro rail tunnel.
■ Fix train timetables and build...
Footpath ban angers traders
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS
GREATER Dandenong Council is facing the ire of traders as it launches a trial ban on footpath displays.
The two-year trial, which may...
Miraculous escape after car flips in busy Dandenong street
By TARA McGRATH
A MAN made a miraculous escape when his car flipped outside Chisholm TAFE this morning.
It is believed the man was driving along...