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'Defibs' roll out at Greater Dandenong sporting venues
DEFIBRILLATORS, used to revive people under cardiac arrest, will be provided at all Greater Dandenong Council's sports venues.
The council will fund the potentially life-saving...
Doveton mosque: 'Peaceful' Muslims respond
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS
HAYAT Doughan is hardly shocked by ongoing inflammatory anti-Islamic debates.
A Muslim and a member of the Casey Multifaith Network, Ms Doughan said...
People power win against Dandenong three-storey flats
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS
A PEOPLE power campaign against three-storey apartments in a predominantly one-storey residential street of Dandenong has won support from Greater Dandenong Council.
Neighbours...
Lighting the way for Young Pink Sisters
KEYSBOROUGH couple Lauren and Justin Bryant flicked the switch on their Christmas lights to herald in the festive season — and to promote their...
$10m Monash Freeway sensor 'problem' revealed
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS
AN internal VicRoads report has revealed a costly epidemic of flaws in its installation of wireless traffic sensors during the Monash Freeway...
White ribbons against family violence
Greater Dandenong councillors donned White Ribbon Day campaign T-shirts last Monday. Mayor Angela Long, fourth from left, said "we must all work together as...
Springvale seniors' memorable milestones
By MARG STORK
CONGRATULATIONS were the order of the day at Springvale Senior Citizens Multicultural Club when popular members Doreen and Leo Barnes of Mt...
Betty Luxford's lifetime of giving
By MARG STORK
OBITUARY Betty Luxford
November 16, 1925-October 5, 2012
BETTY Luxford led a busy and rewarding life as a selfless community leader.
She was mayoress three...
Bombardier rail deal a win for Dandenong jobs
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS
ABOUT 70 manufacturing jobs have been "secured" after the state government ordered new V/Line carriages from Bombardier Transportation Australia's Dandenong South factory.
In...
Doveton mosque: Call to ban 'hatred preaching'
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS
CASEY deputy mayor Sam Aziz will seek to impose a planning condition "not to preach hatred from the pulpits" on a proposed...
Stepping up for breast cancer 'Sisters'
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS
A CANCER survivor and her family are hoping to form a charity to help financially-stricken breast cancer patients meet steep treatment costs.
Keysborough's...
Braving the $2 ghostly affair
By MARG STORK
'TIS the season for dramas and pantomimes, and Noble Park Secondary College set the stage early with special effects that tingled a...
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Little Aths home under threat
A Dandenong athletics field is on the chopping-block, leaving dozens of kids and families potentially without a track and the loss of their "family...
