Tag: News
Ready in red for autumn
MORE than 3500 people flocked to celebrate the season in Keysborough on Sunday.
The Autumn Fest at Wachter Reserve featured live bands, a rock climbing...
Woman and horses killed in jack-knife smash
By MARA PATTISON-SOWDEN
A DANDENONG woman was killed in a collision involving a B-double truck on the Melba Highway in Dixon’s Creek on Sunday.
Police believe...
Cash injection to treat drug patients
AN extra $500,000 is set to help Dandenong Hospital’s emergency department respond to drug and alcohol-affected patients.
Health Minister Mary Wooldridge and South Eastern Metropolitan...
Stars take to the streets
THE 360 Allstars have been inspiring the next generation of musicians, dancers and athletes in Greater Dandenong this week.
The troupe features top performers from...
Push to get school in the zone
By CASEY NEILL
CALLS are growing for a school speed zone on Princes Highway in Dandenong following a tragic pedestrian death last month.
But VicRoads has...
Station under protection
SPRINGVALE Railway Station now has protective services officers (PSOs) on patrol every night from 6pm until after the last train.
They started patrolling on Tuesday...
Keeping Anzac spirit alive
A STORY, picture or poem could be the best way to commemorate the anniversary of the Gallipoli landing.The Star is running the Sands of...
Needless cruelty
A DOG was shot in the head in a Keysborough front yard on 5 April.
The seven-year-old boxer’s owner, a man in his 70s, heard...
Armed robbery bid foiled
POLICE thwarted one armed robbery attempt last week, but are appealing for witnesses to two others.
They intercepted and arrested a 27-year-old Frankston man exiting...
MPs to take crime questions
NOBLE Park’s Paddy O’Donoghue Centre will host a community crime forum from 10.30am to noon on Tuesday 16 April.
Residents will have the chance to...
Pay link plan
By CASEY NEILL
A TOLL road could ease gridlock and save lives at the deadly Abbotts Road rail crossing in Dandenong South.
The Committee for Dandenong...
Containing illegal dumping
By CASEY NEILL
DANDENONG’S Salvos and Vinnies stores are part of a new trial targeting illegal dumping at charities.
Disposing of unusable goods cost Victorian charities...