Tag: nm-greaterdandenongweekly
VFL: Vics cut Tassie down to size
By Brad McGrath
THE Victorian Football League flexed its strength to easily account for Tasmania in their clash in Hobart on Saturday.
The VFL set up...
TAC Cup: Stick with it, says coach
By BRAD McGRATH
DANDENONG Stingrays coach Graeme Yeats has a simple message to his players who didn't make the cut for the Victorian Country...
Irma Bale holds off favourite to score Sandown Cup upset
By MICHAEL FLOYD
IRMA Bale caused one of the great upsets in greyhound racing history when she upstaged champion West Australian stayer Miata in the...
Youth photos take a look at life from both sides
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS
WHAT DO YOU THINK? SCROLL TO BELOW THIS STORY TO POST A COMMENT.
IT'S a chance to see the world through young, though...
Salvos to close Doveton warehouse
The Salvation Army has announced it will close its food bank warehouse in Doveton on July 1.
Distribution of food in the Doveton area would...
Without a rumble, Leaf breezes in
By Cameron Lucadou-Wells
WHAT DO YOU THINK? SCROLL TO BELOW THIS STORY TO POST A COMMENT.
HITTING the start button on an electric car is a...
Canberra stalls on boosting greener cars
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS
WHAT DO YOU THINK? SCROLL TO BELOW THIS STORY TO POST A COMMENT.
THE federal government is rebuffing calls from the RACV to...
Selling treasures on ABC Auction Room to reclaim a life
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS
DEATH has a habit of reorganising one's priorities - Helen Bernard, of Dandenong North, has made major changes since being at ...
Ranks thinning, but Casey bagpiper soldiers on
By CATHERINE WATSON
DANDENONG resident Alastair Wright was 45 before he took up the bagpipes, and he has loved them ever since.
"A friend introduced me...
Nine’s Footy Show rescues Doveton’s Middway Cobras
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS
A DOVETON-based football club cleaned out by a recent burglary has found help from an unlikely source.
The Middway Cobras won a $10,000...
Heavy canvas for Melbourne Zoo’s Mali
Nikita, Ylan and Shirley begin to decorate a sculpture of Melbourne Zoo's baby elephant Mali. As part of the zoo's 150th birthday celebrations,...
Marg Moments: When the good times rolled
THERE was a time when indoor bowlers converged at the Dandenong Town Hall to pit their skills against each other.
John Crichton recalls happy...