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Rub shoulders with Magpie stars
By David Schout SPORTS fans have the opportunity to wax lyrical with three of Collingwood’s biggest footy stars in a special dinner at the Dandenong…
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Gallery: Wooranna Park Primary School fashion parade
Wooranna Park Primary School held a fashion parade of pupils dressed as screen characters.
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Keeping bills in check
DANDENONG residents can get on top of their bills with a helping hand on Friday 30 August. The Dandenong Bring Your Bills Day will run…
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Home destroyed: family saved
By CASEY NEILL A NOBLE Park North family was lucky to escape from their burning home in Jacksons Road on Monday night. The blaze destroyed…
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In Labor’s grip
GREATER Dandenong will remain a Labor heartland after the 7 September Federal Election, according to a leading political scientist. Monash University’s Nick Economou said Isaacs,…
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Icon Ken leaves his mark
Kenneth Allan Born: 31 July 1927 Died: 27 July 2013 KEN Allan played a leading role in shaping the vibrant city Greater Dandenong is today.…
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Transport woes
By CASEY NEILL POOR bus access in Keysborough and Dandenong South is putting children at risk and threatening jobs, residents say. But there’s no indication…
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Broken bottle robbery threat
THIEVES threatened a Springvale man with a knife and a broken bottle during an armed robbery in Noble Park. The 25-year-old was walking near Lawn…
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Three stabbings in a fortnight
POLICE charged a 19-year-old man with attempted murder over a glassing in Dandenong on Friday night – one of three stabbings in Greater Dandenong in…
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Lucky escape but penalised
A POLICE officer with 12 years’ experience had never seen anyone struck by a train survive. A 22-year-old St Albans man changed that on 1…
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Couple on the breadline
By CASEY NEILL A DANDENONG couple are living on bread, Vegemite and leftover fruit as their wait for public housing reaches 10 years. And the…
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Oceans of opportunity
By CASEY NEILL BUSINESSES need to open their thinking about the future and step outside their comfort zones. That was the advice from Dr Keith…