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Ready volunteer in the community
By MARG STORK
OBITUARY: Patricia Golding, January 1926-September 2012
PATRICIA Golding was a talented woman of many interests and was widely involved in social groups and...
Dumpers, scavengers hit with fines
Ten rubbish dumpers and scavengers were busted during a Greater Dandenong Council operation outside a Springvale charity store last Sunday week. The council's litter...
Breakfast to help breast cancer foundation
Pink Ribbon Breakfast is an annual nationwide fund-raising initiative, part of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, for the National Breast Cancer Foundation throughout October.
Register your...
Refugees voice their feelings
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS
BURMESE refugee Maung Maung Aye knows fully well the power of storytelling.
A graphic designer and animator, he shot human rights films for...
Boost for ex-councillor in Dandenong poll
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS
INCUMBENT councillor Yvonne Herring and Residents Against Toxic Waste In the South East group's Thelma Wakelam and Geraldine Gonsalvez are among a...
Antics for tots at Drum circus musical
Roll up for a circus musical show at Drum Theatre in Dandenong this Thursday.
Big Tops for Little Tots pits five circus artists from the National...
Light steps for Unga in Tanzania
Chalcot Lodge Primary School pupils Rhyan, Jessica and Tahlia got on their dancing shoes at a school disco fund-raiser. They raised funds for charity...
Smart meter push unlikely to succeed
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS
GREATER Dandenong Council's bid to mount a campaign against smart meters may hit a hurdle at the Municipal Association of Victoria.
Last week,...
Apartments get Greater Dandenong nod
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS
LOCAL ward councillors didn't stand in the way of a five-storey apartment complex next to Dandenong's central parkland.
At last Monday's council meeting,...
Headliner to turn on charm
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS
Love is in the air during next week's Victorian Seniors Festival Week in Greater Dandenong - crooner Derrick J is one of the...
Urban starkness 'crisis'
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS
AN award-winning landscaper says our taste for native greenery in streets and public spaces is a turn-off for people.
Wes Fleming, director of...
No let-up in road blitz in Doveton, Springvale
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS
A ROAD blitz targeting illegal drivers has netted more than 500 traffic offences in two days in Doveton and Springvale.
State highway patrol...
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Looking Back
100 years ago
20 November 1924
Wirth’s Circus
Messrs Wirth Bros Ltd, will again bring their enormous combined shows to Dandenong on Tuesday December 16, for one...
