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Music’s X factor
By CASEY NEILL DANDENONG student Rachael Thompson started her singing career with nursery rhymes. Last week, the St John’s College year nine student wowed the…
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Auto classes for accelerated opportunity
By CASEY NEILL DANDENONG police are helping local youths get a start in the auto industry. They donated a car and two motorcycles to Concern…
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Merger mess
By CASEY NEILL WHY continue with a merger? That’s the question hanging over Chandler Park Primary School and the former Maralinga Primary School. The Keysborough…
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Cheque for chairs
By CASEY NEILL CHAIRS hardly seem like a workplace luxury. But Gateway Industries in Dandenong has been dealing with mismatched, uncomfortable and dilapidated seating in…
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Into their art
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS THIS is an art show that prides itself on its inclusiveness. Back for its ninth year, the Noble Park Community Centre Art…
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Growing generation
NOBLE Park schools dug in for National Tree Day last Friday. St Anthony’s Catholic Primary School invited grandparents and special friends to join students for…
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Team helps find the lost generation
POLICE and Young Leaders Engagement Team (PYLET) is set to launch mark two of its successful community policing program in Greater Dandenong. Since last year,…
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Demolition vote
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS GREATER Dandenong Council claims its “preferred position” of demolishing Dandenong’s former library to make way for a car park will save the…
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Charges grow after raid
A MAN has been charged over a cannabis haul valued at up to $800,000 which was found in a burning Springvale South ‘grow house’. Detective…
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Boy bashed
A 17-YEAR-OLD boy has been attacked in an attempted robbery in Springvale South. The victim was approached by a male outside a community centre on…
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Sideline concerns
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS A DISABILITY advocate has lashed out at the lack of people with disabilities on Greater Dandenong Council’s recently-appointed Disability Advisory Committee. Sharon…
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Voices raised to break the silence
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS THERE are all sorts of slights that Michelle Davis has wanted to speak up about. Born deaf due to rubella, Ms Davis…