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Factory fire
FIRE caused hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage to a recycling factory in Dandenong South on Monday. A passer-by called fire crews to Veolia…
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Disabled teens get to socialise
By LACHLAN MOORHEAD Springvale Park Special Developmental will receive an additional $107,740 as part of the Federal Government’s Outside School Hours Care for Teenagers with…
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In the frame for crime camera cash
GREATER Dandenong is keen to snap up any CCTV funding that other councils turn down. Mayor Angela Long has written to the State Government urging…
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Skills are spread wide
By CASEY NEILL GREATER Dandenong took home three awards at Victorian manufacturing’s night of nights, but the region has cause to lay claim to a…
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Yogurt milked for all it’s worth
A DANDENONG South yogurt factory owner has been named World Entrepreneur of the Year. Chobani founder and CEO Hamdi Ulukaya claimed the Ernst and Young…
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Lifetime of service
GRAHAM Don has received a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for his service to the Springvale community and to ex-service welfare. He’s been…
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Jail for wife killer
By CASEY NEILL A FORMER Dandenong volunteer was last week jailed for killing his wife, but will be eligible for parole in less than six…
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No to house of worship
By CASEY NEILL A FRESH push to allow more people to attend a Springvale temple has failed. City of Greater Dandenong councillors on Tuesday night…
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‘Jockey’ on the buses
By CASEY NEILL GREATER Dandenong’s elderly residents now have more flexible access to shopping buses, following an incident that left a blind woman stranded for…
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Racism rears its ugly head again as young woman abused on Dandenong train
By Kait O’Callahan Two weeks ago I witnessed something I never thought I’d see. It wasn’t so much that I bore witness to a racial…
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Free sausages
A food van has started serving free sausages outside Cornerstone Contact Centre in Dandenong on Thursday nights. The meals are provided by Manna4Life, a group…
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Your choice of bins: upsize, downsize
Residents will choose the size of their street-collection garbage bins next year. Greater Dandenong Council announced the choice of a 240-litre or a new jumbo…
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