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Set for probe showdown
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS
A SECOND public showdown is expected tonight (Monday) between the Greater Dandenong mayor and chief executive versus two councillors - who are...
Back pay for child care manager
A NOBLE Park child care centre has back-paid $6000 to a manager following a Fair Work Ombudsman investigation.
Fair Work Ombudsman Natalie James said that...
Leaders show the way for contribution
By CASEY NEILL
THE Noble Park Community Awards recognised the suburb’s top contributors at a gala dinner on Saturday night.
Keith Maxwell and Gerard Koe shared...
Chaos to come
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS
New traffic flows could be an accident waiting to happen...
SPRINGVALE’S level crossing traffic woes may soon end but could spawn new chaos...
Surgery after assault
AN Endeavour Hills man, 32, needed emergency surgery following a serious assault on the Princes Highway, Dandenong.
He was involved in a confrontation with another...
Push for high-rise ban
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS
A GRASS-roots petition campaign to ban future high-rise buildings from Dandenong residential streets has spread over several neighbourhoods.
More than 150 signatures have...
Fire breach retro works delay opening
A BUILDING developer has been hit with a costly retrofit after failing to install appropriate internal fire sprinklers into a four-storey apartment block in...
Injuries mount in fight case
POLICE are appealing for witnesses to a fight in a Dandenong hotel car park on Tuesday that left a man in hospital with a...
Growing market
DANDENONG Market welcomed shoppers to its first Sunday trading day with music, clowns, cooking and more.
It’s now open four days a week - Tuesday,...
Breakers, Dollys do battle
By CASEY NEILL
SOUTH Sea Roller Derby will skate back to the 1940s in Keysborough this month.
The Blackheart Breakers and The Dolly Rogers will battle...
Kids have a ball
PUPPETS, Smurfs and fairy wings were on the agenda for creative kids in Greater Dandenong this school holidays.
Circus workshops, mask-making and more were among...
SES crews on their toes
By CASEY NEILL
WILD weather last week produced Springvale SES’s busiest period in five years.
The crew responded to more than 160 calls for help across...