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Friends swap top memories … and jumpers
By ALECIA PINNER
CHILDHOOD neighbours and close friends Brian “Bishop” Ford and Kevin Shinners became rivals when Oakleigh clashed with Dandenong in the 1972 VFA...
Greater Dandenong libraries move with the times
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS
IN a chronicle of the times, a Greater Dandenong councillor has proposed books should make way for more public computers at Springvale library.
Greater...
Dandenong Market fruiterer breaks ranks on Sunday trade
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS
SUNDAY trading may “break the back” of one of Dandenong Market’s most enduring fruiterers.
Dominic Pompei, of Dominic’s Fruit World, has been selling...
Casey CEO trial heads to October
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS
THE trial of Casey chief executive officer Mike Tyler will drag into a fourth court hearing in October.
Mr Tyler was charged in...
Hallam girl's winning streak ended by Box Hill
By David Schout
HALLAM Senior College’s senior girls football team’s 41-game winning streak has ended with defeat by the closest of margins.
Box Hill Senior Secondary...
Holt election: Four candidates want your vote
By ALECIA PINNER
EMPLOYMENT, cost of living, social
tolerance and transport are shaping up as the big issues in Holt in the
lead-up to the federal election...
Dandenong Market: Ice-breaker stall
SHOWING their faith in the future of
Dandenong Market, sisters Jess and Stephanie Sherer have opened a
frozen-goods stall in their first retail venture.
The sisters, both...
Dandenong Market: Lifeline plea on revival
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS
GREATER Dandenong councillors were to decide tonight whether to throw a $463,000 lifeline to revive the 147-year-old Dandenong Market.
The market’s board...
Homeless surge hits growth suburbs
By ALECIA PINNER & DAVID SCHOUT
THE disappearance of cheap housing has led to severe overcrowding
and a surge in homelessness in Dandenong and its surrounding...
Dandenong traders fume at levy hike
DANDENONG Retail Traders Association has added its voice to the
growing anger over large increases in the state government’s fire
services property levy.
President Glenys Cooper said...
Gallery: Wooranna Park Primary School fashion parade
Wooranna Park Primary School held a fashion parade of pupils dressed as screen characters.
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Free buses trial voted down
South East Metropolitan MP Rachel Payne has vowed to continue fighting despite a proposal for free and more frequent public-transport buses being voted down...
