Tag: News
Radical centre closes
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS
THE closure of Al-Furqan Islamic Centre in Springvale South will reduce the risk of young men and teenagers being radicalised...
Red poppies to remember
GIANT red poppies adorn the lawn at Dandenong Civic Square as a symbol of peace and hope.
People from the Greater Dandenong community created the...
Wrong bus girl’s route back home
By CASEY NEILL
A FRANTIC mum went to the Dandenong Police Station counter on 15 April living every parent’s worst nightmare - her...
Women torn by war’s pull
By CASEY NEILL
JACQUELINE Dinan knows more than most about the impact of war on the women left behind.
The author this month visited Springvale to...
Young vet’s convoy north
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS
SELF-DESCRIBED “young veteran” Lance-Corporal Scott May’s thoughts went beyond Gallipoli on Anzac Day.
The Pakenham physiotherapist spent much of the day pondering his...
Hub goes on as school wait continues
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS
GREATER Dandenong Council is pressing ahead with plans for building a Keysborough South community hub as it waits for the...
Going potty
By GEORGIA WESTGARTH
IN THE clear, Springvale South resident and Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea organiser, Chris Kendell was notified of the good news...
Charges follow home drugs raid
POLICE have charged six people and seized drugs and cash following a raid on a Noble Park home.
They executed a search warrant in Cumberland...
Butcher set for new joint
By CASEY NEILL
A HALAL butcher is set to spend the next decade in central Dandenong.
Marmara Halal Meats has leased the 141-145 Lonsdale...
Service of thanks
YARRAMAN Oaks Primary School held a moving service last Friday to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Anzac troops landing at Gallipoli in Turkey.
The Noble...
Night park attack
A MAN was knocked unconscious and robbed while walking through central Dandenong with friends on a Friday night.
He was with friends near James and...
Awestruck school kids impress old soldiers
MORE than 250 school children converged on Noble Park RSL last week to pay tribute to the Anzacs.
Sub-branch president John Meehan said the service...