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Gunman unzipped
Briefly A MAN with a home-made firearm down the front of his pants was arrested at Springvale Railway Station on Monday night. Three protective services…
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Marg leaves treasured memories
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS GREATER Dandenong and the Journal lost one of their stalwarts on Tuesday. Marg Stork, 91, had been penning stories and columns about…
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Big Top, big talent
MULTICULTURAL Dandenong was on display in all its glorious colour and diversity at the inaugural Emerge Under the Big Top Festival at Dandenong Market on…
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Carma Keast’s karma feast
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS IT could be a case of Carma by name, good karma by nature for community-minded 89-year-old Carma Keast. Mrs Keast, of Dandenong,…
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Thanks, Australia
By CASEY NEILL “I FEEL like Australia gave me a chance, gave me an opportunity to become someone.” Springvale’s Richard Lim fled Cambodia 34 years…
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Giving in her nature
By CASEY NEILL GIVING to the Dandenong community has always come naturally to Margo Hartley. The Endeavour Hills resident was today awarded a Medal of…
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Hope for ‘drug’ school site clean-up
By CASEY NEILL AN abandoned and vandalised Noble Park school could be flattened within weeks, but its future remains unclear. A spokeswoman for Education Minister…
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Inception of conception
By CASEY NEILL KEYSBOROUGH student Jake O’Donnell has put a unique spin on conception, using layered images of naked men. The artwork earned the Cranbourne…
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Probe into falling glass
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS THE Victorian Workcover Authority is making inquiries into an incident that saw glass fall from a bank of windows above Dandenong Oasis’s…
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Showcase for disabled ability
By CASEY NEILL A POP-UP shop at Dandenong Plaza is showcasing what people with disabilities can do. The Wallara shop will stock products its service…
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Kids take charge of school
THREE students dispensed with their uniforms and made themselves at home in the boss’s chair at St Mary’s School, Dandenong on Wednesday. Raul Spink, Summer…
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Guides to diversity
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS MULTICULTURALISM has become something of a badge of honour for Girl Guides in Springvale. In a pilot program, the Guides have joined…