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Double hit-run hunt
POLICE are searching for the driver who ran down two elderly women in Keysborough on Sunday and fled the scene. The Keysborough women, aged 86…
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Harmony on the menu
By MIKE TZOUNIS MEMBERS of the Dandenong Muslim community attended the Eid-ul-Fitr dinner organised by Ahmadiyya Muslim Association (AMA) Victoria at Langwarrin on 16 August.…
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Tyler case goes to fourth hearing
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS THE trial of City of Casey chief executive officer Mike Tyler will drag into a fourth court hearing in October. Mr Tyler…
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Beanie day is bang on
DANDENONG lawyers donned blue beanies last week to support Brain Injury Week. Tim Dionyssopoulos said the national campaign was important given 1.6 million Australians suffered…
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Greater Dandenong libraries move with the times
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS IN a chronicle of the times, a Greater Dandenong councillor has proposed books should make way for more public computers at Springvale library.…
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Dandenong Market fruiterer breaks ranks on Sunday trade
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS SUNDAY trading may “break the back” of one of Dandenong Market’s most enduring fruiterers. Dominic Pompei, of Dominic’s Fruit World, has been…
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Union digs in at Springvale cemetery
By CASEY NEILL FUNERALS are not expected to be affected by stop-work action that began at Springvale Botanical Cemetery and Bunurong Memorial Park on Friday.…
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A lot on his plate
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS A ‘hot potato’ awareness campaign visiting Dandenong went a little cold after an unexpected mechanical hitch last Tuesday. The Asylum Seeker Resource…
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ATO move has green lining in Dandenong
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS A PROPOSED five-star green star office building will be the new work site for 850 Australian Taxation Office staff in central Dandenong.…
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Boys’ heroic act glorified
By MIKE TZOUNIS SPRINGVALE South is home to two Junior Triple Zero Heroes. Hasan Aptulla and Alex Kim, both 10, were among 21 kids aged…
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Overwhelmed by water safety
By CASEY NEILL DANDENONG’S Jan Williams has a passion for water safety that’s saving lives in Vietnam. More than 13,000 children drown in Vietnam every…
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Ways and means
BY CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS NEWSTART recipients living on about $500 a fortnight aren’t exactly lording it. But nor are some quick to seize on an extra…