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Rubbish fuels deadly blaze
AN 80-YEAR-OLD Noble Park man has died in a house fire fuelled by hoarded newspapers and rubbish. Fire crews were called to the Corrigan Road…
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Fighting fare
Cabbies rush into help bashed colleague … SIX cabbies rushed to rescue a fellow taxi driver under attack in Dandenong early on Saturday morning. Dandenong…
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Paying rates, others benefitting
KEYSBOROUGH residents say they shouldn’t have to pay higher rates to maintain nearby open space when non-locals were taking advantage of the facilities. But City…
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Call for manufacturing centre
GREATER Dandenong’s manufacturing heartland needs a manufacturing centre. This was one of the findings from stage one of the Future of Manufacturing in South East…
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Police probe three fires
GREATER Dandenong police are appealing for witnesses to three fires. Fire destroyed two three-metre gardens in the Parkmore Shopping Centre rear car park on 28…
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Top policies for future
WITH the Federal Election announced for 14 September last week, campaigning is set to pick up in the Greater Dandenong area. Bruce Labor MP Alan…
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Kinder’s Cornerstone named
A REJUVENATED Dandenong North East Kindergarten will soon have space to welcome twice as many kids. At their 29 January meeting, City of Greater Dandenong…
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Noble Park fire tragedy
By JARED LYNCH, The Age POLICE are investigating a house fire that killed a man in Noble Park. Emergency services were called to the blaze…
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Men charged over taxi bashing outside Dandenong nightspot
TWO men have been charged over the assault of a taxi driver outside a Dandenong nightclub and for starting a brawl. Police said the taxi driver…
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Dandenong Plaza attempted bank robbery: police seek help
POLICE are appealing for witnesses to an attempted robbery at a Dandenong Plaza bank last month. At about 11.20am on January 15, a man entered…
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Texting drivers: r u crazy?
By CHAD VAN ESTROP It’s inter-connected oblivion. More and more people are being caught using their mobile phones or texting while driving. It costs them a…
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School buys street, residents not happy
By JASON TURNER GREATER Dandenong Council has approved the sale of a Springvale street to a nearby secondary school, much to residents’ disappointment. Last week,…