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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…
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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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 number…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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 found…
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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…
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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…
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