Tag: News
Teacher gets a laugh from nagging rellies
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS
FOR most of the year, teacher Fiona Chau doesn't play for laughs.
But during the Melbourne International Comedy Festival she will drop her...
Springvale Primary School tradition a badge of pride
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS
TRADITION is important to one of Springvale Primary School's oldest former pupils Bill Warner.
The 86-year-old former mayor is one of the organisers...
Jamie heading for a healthy involvement
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS
MANY a good friendship has been forged over food so Trisha Keilty hopes healthy ties can form between her Avocare Community Distribution...
Noble Park family homeless after fire
A NOBLE Park family of six is homeless after their Percy Street house was destroyed by fire last Thursday afternoon.
It took...
Marg Moments: Sweet thoughts on lolly trolley
LONG-time residents of Dandenong and district will recall many exciting incidents involving the Paydon family, their fleet of removal vans and their storage facilities...
Special Asian food influence ‘must stay’
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS
SPRINGVALE'S chief Asian business association has warned that any move to dilute the retail precinct's Asian food flavour may kill the 'golden...
Get set for our ‘Fed Square’
FIRST pictures of Greater Dandenong's planned civic centre, council offices, library and plaza have revealed the council's desire for a "Federation Square of the...
$62m question: Where to now for traders?
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS
BRAZILIAN waxer Angie Bottari and fellow nearby traders are making way for Dandenong's new civic centre but are struggling to find suitable...
Nurses call off industrial action
NURSES have called off industrial action ahead of a fresh round of talks with the state government.
The Australian Nursing Federation and hospital employers announced...
New Dandy civic centre ‘Fed Square of south east’
By Cameron Lucadou-Wells
FIRST pictures of Greater Dandenong’s planned $62 million civic centre, library and plaza have revealed the council's desire for a ‘‘Federation Square...
Noble Park fire leaves young family homeless
By Cameron Lucadou-Wells
A Noble Park family of six is homeless after their house was gutted by fire in Percy Street this afternoon.
A female resident,...
Living with violence
Home is meant to be a haven but for some it’s a war zone. Catherine Watson meets those dealing with the mess of family...