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DDCA: Vale Reg Pickering
Former Dandenong District Cricket Association executive member and recorder Reg Pickering died last week of a heart attack. Pickering, 60, was a 28-year member of…
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Aussie teen ICC World Cup selection
Dandenong Panthers fast bowler Matt Willcocks has been added to Cricket Australia’s 20-man squad for the under-19 ICC World Cup. Willcocks joins the best teenage…
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Women’s finances Dandenong workshop
Women who have been controlled financially in a violent domestic relationship are invited to a free workshop in Dandenong next month. WIRE Women’s Information will…
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Dandenong Plaza gets ABA breastfeeding tick
The Australian Breastfeeding Association has rated Dandenong Plaza’s recently refurbished parent room as five-star. Yvette O’Dowd, a breastfeeding counsellor at the ABA’s Dandenong group, said…
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School crossings considered
Casey Council will respond to requests from Doveton College, which opened this year, for school crossings in the area. The college, formed from a merger…
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Roundabout funding on the way
Five intersections in Dandenong and Springvale will receive $1.26 million of federal black spot funding. Bruce federal Labor MP Alan Griffin and Infrastructure and Transport…
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Dandenong boarding house bashing
A man was bashed in an aggravated burglary in a boarding house in David Street, Dandenong, on Monday of last week. The 24-year-old boarding house…
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Grants for Men’s Sheds
Men’s Sheds across Victoria are eligible for $30,000 grants from the state government. The group’s 160 branches aim to provide health and well-being assistance for…
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Orchestra on the prowl
The Australian Youth Orchestra is on the hunt for Australia’s most talented and aspiring young musicians. The 2013 application process has begun to find Australia’s…
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SFL: Dingoes look for answers
By Roy Ward DINGLEY coach Shane Morwood has challenged his players to find a way to turn their season around following a 45-point loss to…
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EFL: Late surge lifts Bulls over Pies
By ROY WARD THE sleeping Bulls have awoken and unheralded ruckman Glen Manson appears to be the one sounding the alarm. Two-time Eastern Football League…
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SFL: Last-minute goal denies a point to unlucky Stars
By Roy Ward FROM devastation can come opportunity – at least that was how Southern Stars coach Dean Hennessy is looking at things after his…