Tag: News
Springvale Plaza works upset trader
By JASON TURNER
A SPRINGVALE South shopkeeper and some residents are angry at the disruption and possible safety hazards caused by construction works at the...
Woman robbed in Dandenong park
A 41-year-old woman was robbed in Dandenong's Hemmings Park by two people on Friday, February 1. The pair approached the woman, who was walking...
Noble Park fire suspicious
Police are investigating a suspicious fire at a building in Elonera Road, Noble Park, on January 29 at 3.30pm. The fire started on the...
Issac's Dreyfus top law officer
Issacs federal MP Mark Dreyfus was sworn in as Australia's new attorney-general last week. The federal representative for areas including Keysborough, Noble Park and...
Man dies in Noble Park house fire
Police are preparing a coroner's report over the death of an elderly man in a house fire in Noble Park on Monday last week....
Plea for more Dandenong city trees
By JASON TURNER
MORE green please — that's the verdict from the people of central Dandenong, who are calling on authorities to improve the city's...
Dandenong cemetery: Sharing the past a grave matter
By JASON TURNER
GHOSTS of Dandenong's rich and colourful past still haunt the old Dandenong Community Cemetery.
Volunteer group Friends of Dandenong Cemetery is eager to...
Dutch to celebrate at Sandown
By JASON TURNER
THOUSANDS are expected to come from all over Melbourne to Springvale's Sandown racecourse to celebrate the 39th annual Holland Festival this Saturday.
The...
Cigarette starts Dandenong Creek blaze
CFA firefighters were called to hose down a blaze in Dandenong last Wednesday after a 17-year-old boy's cigarette butt started a fire which burnt...
Cabbie bashing in Dandenong renews safety fears
By JASON TURNER
A SERIOUS brawl involving a vicious attack on a taxi driver in central Dandenong has reignited concerns about driver safety.
Early on February...
Springvale gateway: Your choice
Greater Dandenong Council is seeking public feedback on the design for the proposed gateway to be built in the heart of Springvale's central commercial...
Line dancing a lil' bit of Yankee Doodle Dandy
By MARG STORK
GREATER Dandenong is well and truly in the south-east of Melbourne, but there's a part of it that's deep in the heart...