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Teamwork earns Dandenong North Primary kudos
By YESSAR DAOU
THERE'S no 'I' in team, as the adage goes — and it's one that the teachers at Dandenong North Primary School have...
Hoon swoops gain winning traction
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS
POLICE intelligence has seemingly beaten hoon brawn in Melbourne's south-east.
With the help of their divisional intelligence unit, Dandenong and Casey police have...
Vegie shop closed overnight after food complaint
A FRUIT and vegetable shop in Dandenong Plaza was last week closed by Greater Dandenong Council for a breach of the Food Act.
Responding to...
Asylum seekers swamp Dandenong aid centre
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS
A CENTRE in Dandenong that feeds and clothes asylum seekers has been forced to close its doors to families released on community...
Flax seeds innovative, diverse farming
By MARG STORK
IN A Moment with Marg on May 4, I wrote a snippet inspired by a much-read copy of the Journal dated August...
Three hurt in Springvale South assault
A man was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries on Friday night after an assault in Springvale South in which a group of males...
Cops bust pair of bomb-makers in Dandenong
By Deborah Gough/The Age
Two old-style cops walking the beat in Dandenong have sprung what they believe to be two would-be arsonists making a homemade...
Wireless traffic-detection sensors may stay
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS
VICROADS has not ruled out continuing to use the same model of wireless traffic-detection sensors found to be unreliable in an internal...
Mental health support for youth
By CASEY NEILL
A NEW headspace centre in Dandenong is offering the area’s 125,000 young people mental health and wellbeing support.
It’s in the former Savers...
Refuge for job hunt
ASYLUM seekers in Greater Dandenong will next month have employment support close at hand - and they’re not the only one’s who’ll benefit.
The not-for-profit...
Manufacturing’s new champion
By CASEY NEILL
PAUL Dowling stepped down from his post on Tuesday with a plea to manufacturers in the south-east - get committed.
“Because if you...
Cowardly attack
By CASEY NEILL
POLICE fear the man who snatched a blind woman’s bag in Keysborough this week could target other vulnerable people in the community.
Greater...