Tag: News
Raising the bar
By CASEY NEILL
LOWERED boom gates on Heatherton Road in Noble Park are not an unusual sight.
And neither is an emergency services vehicle caught in...
Industry back to black
By CASEY NEILL
HALLAM Senior College students got a hands-on master class in efficient manufacturing last week - without leaving their classroom.
Staff from Dandenong manufacturer...
Phone stolen after punch
POLICE are appealing for witnesses to an assault and robbery in Lonsdale Street, Dandenong, on 7 March.
A 51-year-old woman left a hotel where she’d...
Health first
By CASEY NEILL
WOMEN in Springvale and surrounds can now access a Victorian-first mental health service.
The Springvale Women’s Prevention and Recovery Care Services Centre (PARC)...
Polarised views on treatment
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS
A DRUG treatment clinician says the jury is out on the success of drug court's mandatory diversion treatments for ice-addicted offenders.
Dr Matthew...
Cut throat threat
THIEVES threatened to slit a man’s throat as he walked along James Street in Dandenong.
The victim, 18, from Dandenong, was walking along the street...
Pollution crackdown
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS
INDUSTRY electroplaters along Eumemmerring Creek have come under the scrutiny of the state’s environmental watchdog.
Environment Protection Authority inspectors will target electroplaters from...
Driving men’s shed support
By CASEY NEILL
AUSTRALIA’S first multicultural men’s shed is now in place at Springvale Uniting Church and preparing to open its doors.
Proceeds from the Club...
Award for mental health fight
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS
“These two won’t take sh** from anybody.”
Those were the words of endorsement from an awards selection panellist soon after Springvale couple Beth...
Petrol bomb attack
The hunt is on for a pair of vandals who threw a Molotov cocktail into a Dandenong back yard.
Police said a man and woman...
Parking rage
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS
A MAN has received a suspended jail sentence after parking in a disability car spot at a shopping centre and then pushing...
Bill was on the level
Bill Brooks
Born: 6 April 1914
Died: 8 January 2014
BILL BROOKS, who died three months short of his 100th birthday, was a man with a keen...
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Post closure sparks concern
The scheduled closure of the post office branch at Fountain Gate shopping centre on 21 June has sparked major concern from the local community.
A...
