Tag: News
Springvale residents in dark over council site sale
By JASON TURNER
RESIDENTS near Springvale's former depot site appear to have been the last to learn of Greater Dandenong Council's plans to sell the...
PPPs urged to help remove rail level crossings
By JASON TURNER
A GREATER Dandenong councillor is calling for the state government to team up with private developers to help pay for removing problem...
Noble Park North house fire treated as suspicious
POLICE are investigating a suspicious house fire in Noble Park North on Friday morning.
CFA crews were alerted to smoke coming from the garage of...
Springvale woman attacked with capsicum spray in home invasion
A SPRINGVALE woman was attacked with capsicum spray in an aggravated burglary at her home.
A group of several men and a woman invaded the...
Noble Park: Quick-thinking kids put out fire with soft drink
A GROUP of quick-thinking children used leftover soft drink to extinguish a small fire in Noble Park yesterday.
Police have praised the youngsters who smelled...
Powering along learning trail
By JASON TURNER
EMPOWERING may sometimes seem an overused word, but when Cheryl Wilkinson describes her work with recently arrived migrants, there's just no better...
‘Fabulous’ parents save Cornish College
By JASON TURNER
FOR a while, it looked like Bangholme’s Cornish College was set to face a fate similar to other struggling independent colleges —...
Doveton children feared priest, inquiry told
By DAN MOSS: State parliament editor
A DOVETON school filled with fear and suspicion soon after Father Peter Searson arrived.
He was known for walking the...
AFL Casey NAB Cup game: Tickets on sale
By BRAD McGRATH
ORGANISERS have capped the Casey Fields crowd at about 10,000 for the NAB Cup Melbourne-St Kilda clash on March 9, with the public already...
Australia Day: Dandenong honours volunteer, refugee
By JASON TURNER
HUNDREDS of locals turned out to Australia Day festivities around Greater Dandenong on Saturday, as the city welcomed new citizens and celebrated...
Fears held for missing Noble Park mum
POLICE hold grave fears for Noble Park woman Robyn Hall who disappeared more than a month ago.
The 35-year-old mother of three has not been...
Snags on SBS Feast shortlist
Rob's British and Irish Butchery in Dandenong has had his gourmet pork sausages make a shortlist in SBS's Feast magazine's nationwide search for the...