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Six arrested after south-east drugs raids
By James Taylor POLICE arrested six people and seized more than 1500 cannabis plants in raids across the south-east this morning. Warrants were simultaneously executed…
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Push against child trafficking in Ghana
A campaigner against child-trafficking in Ghana will speak in Dandenong this week. Cromwell Awadey, a member of aid agency International Needs, will speak at African…
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Fire at Dandenong nursing home
About 20 aged-care residents were evacuated during a fire at Mayfair Lodge in Stud Road, Dandenong. The fire, which started at 11.55pm on March 17…
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Ute’s Noble Park damage trail
A driver of a ute damaged a car and a power pole in Noble Park early last Monday. The 22-year-old from Noble Park crashed his…
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Dandenong ‘sparring’ turns into bashing
A man in his 20s was taken to The Alfred hospital with life-threatening injuries after he was bashed in Wagstaff Lane, Dandenong. Police said the…
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Driver suffers brutal road-rage attack
A man’s nose and eye sockets were broken in a vicious road-rage incident in afternoon peak traffic in Keysborough. The man, who was driving with…
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WNBL: Rangers win city’s thanks
GREATER Dandenong Council honoured Dandenong Rangers’ WNBL championship side with a civic reception last Monday. The Rangers won the WNBL grand final, beating Bulleen Boomers…
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The secrets to living a long Lao life
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS ORGANIC food and a little tipple seem to be ingredients for a long life, if Chanpheng ‘Pheng’ Manirath is any indication. Ms…
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Easter south-east rail shutdown
Rail services between Cranbourne and Dandenong will be shut down for nine days over Easter during a maintenance blitz by the state government. Buses will…
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Green and clean for Dandenong
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS IT’S not easy being green but Dandenong is the ideal place for a clean-technology hub, says clean-business chief executive Peter Voigt. A…
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Career man sets pattern for excellence
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS RETIREMENT is far from the mind of pattern maker George Hellyer. He has been working at Dandenong South metal parts supplier AW…
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Mental health cash ‘disgraceful’
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS WHAT DO YOU THINK? SCROLL TO BELOW THIS STORY TO POST A COMMENT. MENTAL health funding casts Melbourne’s south-east as a “poor…