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Bursting into life
By CASEY NEILL Harmony Square visitors can make a wish on a crafty tree that’s grown through community contributions. Community installation artists Margaret Summerton and…
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Ice dealers feel campaign heat
Amphetamine-related information reports to Crime Stoppers jumped 50 per cent during the Greater Dandenong Dob in a Dealer campaign. The Crime Stoppers initiative ran from…
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Breakfast break for Premier
Premier Daniel Andrews joined level crossing construction workers for breakfast in Noble Park on Wednesday. He popped into the new Noble Park Railway Station site…
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Car park walkout
By CASEY NEILL AN IRATE Councillor Peter Brown stormed out of the Monday 8 August council meeting after losing his motion to close the Dandenong…
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Kids make their mark to make a difference
By CASEY NEILL Hundreds of hand-decorated bookmarks are showing support for asylum seekers in central Dandenong. Lonsdale Street’s Asylum Seeker Resources Centre (ASRC) adorned its…
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‘Crash corner’ cure may be in sight
By CASEY NEILL Cash for traffic lights at Dandenong’s ‘Kamikaze Corner’ could be less than a year away. At their Monday 8 August meeting, Greater…
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$25,000 to fight our pokies addiction
By CASEY NEILL Greater Dandenong Council has chipped in $25,000 to tackle growing gambling losses. Councillors approved the donation to the National Alliance for Gambling…
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Poet will know it when their verses get the votes
Audience members will judge poems, stories, lyrics and monologues in a state competition at Dandenong Library. Performers can speak, scream, howl, whisper or sing their…
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Big bucks for small businesses
Small and start-up businesses can tap into $10,000 worth of help. City of Greater Dandenong is again offering business grants of up to $8000, plus…
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Machete-wielding men rob three stores
By CASEY NEILL Knife-wielding men robbed three stores in less than an hour. Greater Dandenong CIU Detective Senior Constable Marisa Owens said two men with…
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Man chased down for phone
Attackers kicked a man in the face and stole his mobile phone in central Dandenong. The 33-year-old victim, from Noble Park North, was walking on…
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Scuffle as man robbed at ATM
A Dandenong North man was injured during a robbery at an ATM in Lonsdale Street, Dandenong. Greater Dandenong CIU Detective Senior Constable Marisa Owens said…