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Focus on Springvale, Dandenong, Noble Park car parking
GREATER Dandenong council will overhaul car parking in Springvale and Dandenong and monitor parking in Noble Park. Surveys last year found there was up to…
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Noble Park level crossing fines
POLICE have fined 35 drivers for blocking the level crossing at the intersection of Douglas Street and Heatherton Road, Noble Park, following a series of…
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Keysborough hoons lose their ride
A CAR and a motorcycle were seized by police under Victoria’s hoon laws after the drivers were caught allegedly travelling about 60km/h over the speed…
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Knife drama shuts Endeavour Hills street
POLICE cordoned off Girvan Circuit, Endeavour Hills, at 10am on Friday, June 28 when a man armed with a knife threatened to harm himself and…
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Charges after Hallam police pursuit
A SOUTH Yarra man has been charged with conduct endangering life after a police pursuit in Hallam. Police patrolling a Hallam Road industrial estate, following a…
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Asylum seeker's cry for help in song
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS MY name is Selva … And I am fighting for my life. So begins Song for Selva, an ode to a Sri…
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Housing plan for Doveton, Eumemmerring school sites
By ALECIA PINNER THE state government wants to rezone three former school sites in Doveton and Eumemmerring as residential areas. A total of 10.4 hectares…
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Civic centre boost for Springvale
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS A BIGGER public library, a community plaza and refurbished town hall are key planks of Greater Dandenong council’s Springvale civic master plan.…
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My Voice: A moment with Marg
Gateway to the goldfields Did you know that Dandenong was once known as the gateway to the goldfields? In The Dandenong Journal’s 120th anniversary issue,…
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Dandenong Market managers dumped
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS DANDENONG Market’s managers were dumped last week as stallholders’ complaints about high rents and low customer numbers came to a head. Dandenong…
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Baa saga: Sheep man counting on the high court
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS SPRINGVALE refugee Vu Ho will take his expensive legal battle to keep his 16-year-old sheep Baa at his home to the High…
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Monster tram from Dandenong South onto test track
By ALECIA PINNER: apinner@mmpgroup.com.au BOMBARDIER’S first 210-passenger, three-section tram has finally rolled off the assembly line in Dandenong South. Overnight on Thursday, June 27, the…
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