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Emergency services weather the storms
By CASEY NEILL
SES volunteers responded to more than 65 calls for assistance during the wild weather that lashed Greater Dandenong last week.
Springvale unit controller...
Cemetery on the move
SPRINGVALE Botanical Cemetery’s operator has purchased a property on the facility’s western edge.
Southern Metropolitan Cemeteries Trust (SMCT) now owns 23 Smith Road, on the...
Man sets himself alight
By CASEY NEILL
AN asylum seeker set himself alight in his Noble Park home over the weekend.
Tamil Refugee Council spokeswoman Sri Samy said an ambulance...
Great expectations indeed
By DAVID NAGEL
Casey Cardinia Football League - round 10
KEYSBOROUGH’s renowned fighting spirit is about to be tested to its full capacity after the Burra...
Turning the tide of history
By ANNE MASLIN*
NOBLE PARK pensioner Alf Maslin played a crucial part in history when he left an American troop ship and waded onto French...
Tom’s a good Scout
By CASEY NEILL
HILTON Manufacturing founder Tom Hartley says his drive for success started with Scouts.
“I joined when I was 11. I came from a...
Big screen fires up for FIFA
By CASEY NEILL
DANDENONG’S big screen will get a workout during the FIFA World Cup.
The new civic centre’s top feature will broadcast all the early...
Breakfast of blows
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS
TWO locally-based state politicians - both of whom acknowledged a history of friendly sparring in parliament - were subjected to some well-directed...
ATTAR’s a good fit
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS
KEYSBOROUGH tech company Advanced Technology Testing and Research is getting an international name for its innovation but it is also making a...
Daniella’s growing urge to help others
By NARELLE COULTER
A SPRINGVALE girl has sown the seeds of charity and in the process helped feed hundreds of hungry locals.
Six-year-old Daniella Evens-Poulter, with...
Open the gate, mate
FOUNDATIONS are finally being prepared for Springvale’s long-awaited Asian Gateway.
Members of the project proponents, the Springvale Asian Business Association as well as Greater Dandenong...
Target: 80,000 syringes
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS
ABOUT 40,000 needles are exchanged for clean ones each month at Foster Street Clinic in Dandenong but its managers say that’s barely...
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Camping out for local Scouts
A group of Casey Scouts received the experience of a lifetime last week - camping on the grounds of Government House in Canberra.
Running from...
