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Arson probe after school blaze
POLICE are investigating a suspicious fire at Dandenong Primary School which caused extensive damage to the school’s hall.
CFA crews were called to the...
Rail wheel wear leaves commuters on the buses
By LACHLAN MOORHEAD
SOME V/Line services will be replaced with buses after a “higher than normal wheel wear” was detected on some of the train...
Revved up for manufacturing
MANUFACTURERS celebrated the festive season with an icon of Dandenong and motorsport.
South East Melbourne Manufacturers Alliance (SEMMA) held a Christmas cocktail networking evening on...
Time for crates to do the heavy lifting
By CASEY NEILL
DANDENONG is showcasing packaging waste at its best.
The sixth Create from a Crate exhibition will open at Walker Street Gallery on Thursday...
Keep caring about us
NICE to see a grade five student so concerned about what is going on in the world (War Weary, Dandenong Journal, 14 December).
Of...
Recruits step up to the task
SPRINGVALE Fire Station is putting two new firefighter recruits through their paces.
Joel Cowton, 34, and Peter De Maria, 42, graduated from the 19-week training...
Run it up the flagpole
By CASEY NEILL
A VIETNAMESE woman with tears spilling from her eyes approaches the media table at the 14 December Greater Dandenong Council meeting.
“Thank you,...
Club’s last roll
DANDENONG’S longest continuous sports club was farewelled in early 2015.
In February the Dandenong City Bowling Club played its final home matches at its picturesque...
Anderson’s December to remember
By JARROD POTTER
PERSEVERING through numerous set-backs has been a constant thread throughout Larissa Anderson’s basketball coaching career and her first WNBL campaign has been...
Car crime clampdown
By LACHLAN MOORHEAD
DANDENONG will be among the areas flooded with cops this week as police launch another operation to stop thefts from cars.
More than...
Electric bike break-in
SIX electric bikes worth more than $60,000 were stolen from a Springvale business last month.
Thieves broke into the Princes Highway store about 4am on...
Police probe homeless stabbing
By GEORGIA WESTGARTH
A HOMELESS man was found with life-threatening stab wounds to his back in Dandenong over the weekend.
The man, aged in his...
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