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Toll bridge suggested for Abbotts Road train crossing
A tolled overpass has been proposed to divert heavy traffic from the Abbotts Road level crossing in Dandenong South. The Committee for Dandenong group...
Green wedge Dingley Bypass 'bulldoze' anger
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS
ENVIRONMENTAL groups are incensed they were not consulted before Greater Dandenong Council approved plans to bulldoze endangered green wedge vegetation to build...
New Greater Dandenong Council executive role
Greater Dandenong Council's senior managerial team has expanded by adding former Monash Council city planning director Paul Kearsley as business group manager. Chief executive...
Gesturing motorbike passenger escapes
A motorcyle passenger gave police an "obscene gesture" before fleeing a pursuit on Monash Freeway last Sunday week. Police attempted to pull over the...
Drug, alcohol unit plan for Dandenong Hospital
A specialised alcohol and drug unit will be set up at the Dandenong Hospital emergency department thanks to a $500,000 state government grant. The...
Lyndhurst poll: Know your candidate
LYNDHURST byelection candidates were surveyed by the Journal on public transport and education. This is a summary of their thoughts.
Martin Pakula, Labor
■ Bus services...
Keeping mum on market traders' arrears
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS
DANDENONG Market's board and Greater Dandenong Council have declined to disclose the financial impact on the market of reported traders' struggles.
Greater Dandenong...
Major drug bust took in Noble Park
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS
HOMES in Melbourne's south-east were raided as part of a joint police drug operation that seized in excess of $200 million of...
Dandenong youth mental health aid at capacity
A NURTURING 10-bed support centre for 16-25 year olds with mental health issues is running at full capacity soon after its launch last month.
Dandenong...
The Club: A tale of power, politics in footy
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS
Actor John Wood plays a leading figure in a football club's boardroom bloodshed in a reprise of Australian playwright David Williamson's classic...
Powder closes mail centre
By CASEY NEILL
A SUSPICIOUS mail item forced about 400 workers to evacuate the Nathan Road mail centre in Dandenong South last night (Thursday).
An Australia...
Suspicious package sparks evacuation at Dandenong South mail centre
FIVE employees were taken to Casey Hospital last night after a suspicious package was found at Dandenong South's Australia Post centre last night.
Hundreds of...
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Mendis’ methods offer mixed results for Lions
Narre South captain-coach Jeevan Mendis does not want his side to abandon their new proactive approach to their cricket despite their up-and-down opening weeks...
