News
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Winners’ drive to strive
By CASEY NEILL KEYSBOROUGH’S Juwita Jouhari wants to stand beside, encourage and support the community’s most vulnerable people. The 19-year-old is studying a diploma of…
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Pharmacy cures more deadly than illegal drugs
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS MORE people in Greater Dandenong die from overdoses involving pharmaceuticals than from illegal drugs, official figures show. According to statistics cited by…
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Gala guests’ phone vote
By CASEY NEILL HILTON Manufacturing was the people’s choice for this year’s Premier Regional Business Award. “This is a huge surprise,” managing director Todd Hartley…
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Impressed by the vision
By CASEY NEILL THE 25th Premier Regional Business Awards Gala dinner was “a very special end to a very special idea that started in 1990…
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Residents to be interviewed by murder police
POLICE began doorknocking homes in Doveton and Springvale South on Friday for information on the unsolved murder of teenager Cayleb Hough. The remains of the…
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Robbery and kidnap charges
TWO men have been arrested and charged by police in relation to a spate of armed robberies, aggravated burglaries and car thefts in Melbourne’s south-east.…
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Making the most of chance to achieve
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS NOBLE Park’s Arif Hazara is proof of what can be achieved if given a chance. In June, the 21-year-old will fly to…
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Clear call to see the risks
A NEW eye health program is coming to Greater Dandenong with a view to target vision loss. Vision 2020 Australia’s Vision Initiative will focus on…
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Ride for food relief
By CASEY NEILL DANDENONG’S Avocare was the starting point for the inaugural 1100 kilometre-plus Hunger Ride. Foodbank Victoria (FBV) CEO Dave McNamara and fitness industry…
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Streets ahead under laneway revamp plans
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS GREATER Dandenong Council has plans to transform two dreary Springvale laneways as well as turn Springvale Road into a boulevard. Springvale Asian…
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Record for ‘small’ feat, with thanks to mum
By CASEY NEILL A DANDENONG North man has dedicated his new miniature shoe collection record to his late mum. Wilson Fernandez started collecting the miniatures…
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Victim had face smashed into wall
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS A DANDENONG squatter has been refused bail after being accused of grabbing a woman by the back of the head and slamming…