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Hub of conjecture
Residents are loudly and passionately calling for changes to the draft design of Keysborough South Community Hub.
Eighty-nine public submissions have been received by Greater...
New FRV regime at three stations
Dandenong, Hallam and Springvale CFA fire brigades are part of the newly-formed Fire Rescue Victoria.
FRV is an amalgamation of CFA paid officers and paid...
Historic garden saved by $2.6m council bid
With a $2.625 million splash of cash, Greater Dandenong Council has intervened to save 4830-square-metres of canopied parkland.
The council beat a flurry of bids...
Pitch for the smart, engaged vote
Public health researcher and council election candidate Rhonda Garad is no stranger to crisis.
Dr Garad is standing as effectively the replacement candidate for the...
Covid-killing copper innovation
Imagine a material that can kill SARS CoV-2, the virus behind Covid-19, on contact.
Now imagine that material coating high-contact surfaces in buildings and businesses...
The web we weave sounds exquisite
School holidays can be tricky in a time of physical distancing.
But a new, interactive virtual activity aims to bridge those physical gaps and fill...
Cafe’s raffle goes viral
A Keysborough cafe owner may be able to succeed – albeit on a small scale - where the much-lamented COVID SAFE app has failed.
Trung...
Serial armed-robber awaits deportation
An ice-fuelled armed robber who held up taxi drivers and a retail worker at knifepoint in Dandenong and Doveton in mid-2016 will be deported...
Deep rescue at skate bowl
A man in his fifties was rescued by emergency crews after falling into a three-metre-deep skate bowl in Noble Park.
The man had reportedly broken...
‘Best mayor’ we never had
Departing councillor Matthew Kirwan could have been “the best mayor we ever had”, according to Greater Dandenong Neighbourhood Watch president Dawn Vernon.
In a shock...
Driver charged over cyclist hit-run
A woman has been charged over an alleged hit-run crash that critically injured a cyclist in central Dandenong.
The 18-year-old woman from Epping attended a...
SABA pioneer who dreamed big
OBITUARY
YOUSEFF ‘JOE’ ABDUL GHALAINI
10.10.1935-17.6.2020
On 10 October 1935 in Beirut, a Dandenong-based pioneer of the retail industry was born.
Youseff Abdul Ghalaini, who was known...
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Hub of conjecture
Residents are loudly and passionately calling for changes to the draft design of Keysborough South Community Hub.
Eighty-nine public submissions have been received by Greater...
