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New year’s a go for the Goat
THOUSANDS welcomed in the Year of the Goat at Springvale’s Lunar Festival on Sunday, under clear skies and with the mercury nudging 33 degrees. Among…
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Parking prayers
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS Mosque takes tough line as congregation booms… Worshipers clogging up nearby streets with illegal parking face being named, shamed and possibly banned…
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PSO cops a spray
VICTORIA Police is investigating allegations a PSO unjustly and repeatedly sprayed two teenage boys with capsicum foam at Springvale Railway Station. The ABC last night…
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Toddler locked in hot car
By CASEY NEILL A TODDLER was allegedly left locked in a car in Noble Park North yesterday (Tuesday), as the temperature soared above 30 degrees.…
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Ram-raid charges
AN 18-YEAR-OLD Eumemmerring man will answer 14 charges over a series of ram-raids last Thursday. Police allege he used a stolen car to smash into…
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Senior swingers
NOT too many 87-year-olds could list fronting a band among their pastimes. Dandenong man Frank Nicholls can. He regularly takes to the stage with the…
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Lost for words
By CASEY NEILL ANDREA Wyatt’s first job post-university is back where her education began. The Keysborough 23-year-old is Chandler Park Primary School’s new speech pathologist.…
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Hol-e heart problem, Batman
By CASEY NEILL DEAN Carroll didn’t know he was a Heart Kid until he was all grown up. The financial controller at Dandenong South’s JDN…
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Shed gets it together
By CASEY NEILL A TYPICALLY Aussie event will officially open Springvale’s Multicultural Men’s Shed next week. The welcome barbecue for the Australian-first facility will run…
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Career change a good fit for top apprentice
By CASEY NEILL DANDENONG apprentice Mitchell Dowling has trumped more than 35,000 others for a top honour. The 25-year-old won the Best Victorian Apprentice Award…
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Fatal creek fences
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS COUNCILLORS have urgently called for safety fencing between a Dandenong South playground and a floodway that claimed a young boy’s life last…
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MP set to make her mark
By CASEY NEILL GABRIELLE Williams not only kept Dandenong in Labor hands at last year’s State Election – she kept it in Collingwood’s grasp, too.…