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Disabled residents' anger over Springvale Road crossing
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS
DISABLED residents are driving their chairs across a 500-metre footpath obstacle course, including free-wheeling among Springvale Road traffic, to reach a medical...
Dandenong West 'clean up' plea by traders, residents
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS
MORE security cameras, rubbish clean-ups, a crackdown on drug dealers and aggressive beggars, and a post office — they are among the...
Asylum seekers 'on the brink'
By Cameron Lucadou-Wells
A DESPAIRING Afghan community leader said asylum seekers, barred from working and on sub-dole incomes under the federal government's 'no advantage' rule,...
Taekwondo up-and-comer Jerilee makes waves
DANDENONG taekwondo star Jerilee Carkeek showed great potential at the recent New Zealand Open competition, winning medals in two divisions.
Carkeek, a red belt, fought...
Tales from the truck stop
B-triple trucks measuring more than 36 metres are set to hit the Monash Freeway and EastLink. The government says the move will decrease the...
Cornish College students bed down for homeless
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS
WITH only the cover of cardboard and sleeping bags, students at Cornish College in Bangholme braved winter's wet and cold for a...
No extra visitors, council tells Springvale temple
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS
A TEMPLE squeezed into a house in Springvale has been denied a second request to cram in more worshippers.
The Chin Lin Quan...
EFL: Bulls ponder squandered lead over Balwyn
By ROY WARD
NOBLE Park won't forget its Queen's Birthday weekend loss to Balwyn anytime soon — in fact, it will use the result as...
Stolen copper found in vehicle check
A Frankston police divisional van conducting a vehicle check on a car towing a trailer on Frankston-Dandenong Road, Frankston, near Overton Road last Wednesday...
Steam engine debate fuels memories
By MARG STORK
A RECENT query from Barbara Linton on the wooden train turntable at the Dandenong railway station, where steam locomotives were turned around...
EPA allows company not to report emissions
A DANDENONG South insulation manufacturer has failed to report its particle emissions on its most recent annual performance statement.
On its 2011-12 APS submitted to...