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Housing plan for Doveton, Eumemmerring school sites
By ALECIA PINNER THE state government wants to rezone three former school sites in Doveton and Eumemmerring as residential areas. A total of 10.4 hectares…
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Civic centre boost for Springvale
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS A BIGGER public library, a community plaza and refurbished town hall are key planks of Greater Dandenong council’s Springvale civic master plan.…
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Dandenong Market managers dumped
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS DANDENONG Market’s managers were dumped last week as stallholders’ complaints about high rents and low customer numbers came to a head. Dandenong…
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Baa saga: Sheep man counting on the high court
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS SPRINGVALE refugee Vu Ho will take his expensive legal battle to keep his 16-year-old sheep Baa at his home to the High…
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AFL U18: Vic Metro seals bragging rights
By TEO PELLIZZERI – See our gallery 1 from the Vic Metro v Vic Country clash – See our gallery 2 from the Vic Metro…
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Monster tram from Dandenong South onto test track
By ALECIA PINNER: apinner@mmpgroup.com.au BOMBARDIER’S first 210-passenger, three-section tram has finally rolled off the assembly line in Dandenong South. Overnight on Thursday, June 27, the…
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Copping the good and the bad
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS: clucadou-wells@mmpgroup.com.au RACISM among some police is still a concern, legal aid advocates have claimed. Speakers at last week’s Springvale Monash Legal Service…
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Peacemakers of the streets
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS We join a team of peacemakers building bridges between police and young people from African and Pacific Islander communities. Their targets are…
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Vu Ho the fighter: Sheep, prison, Viet Cong, pirates
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS LATEST: When Vu Ho lost last week’s legal appeal to keep his pet sheep Baa at his Springvale home, he faced a $200,000-plus…
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Results wrap from around Greater Dandenong
SCOREBOARD FOOTBALL TAC CUP – Round 11 NOR THERN 5.5 9.10 12.15 12.17 (89) DANDENONG 2.2 2.4 5.6 7.9 (51) Goals: Norther n: Bowkett 3…
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Team Maihan united in name and achievement
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS: clucadou-wells@mmpgroup.com.au THE “world game” has harnessed migrants and refugees in Dandenong into a potent strike-force on the pitch. With a core group…
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Marinko Matosevic always a winner at Dandenong Tennis Club
By EWEN McRAE: emcrae@mmpgroup.com.au SUCCESS at the majors might be eluding Marinko Matosevic, but at Dandenong Tennis Club he’ll always be a big deal. Matosevic was…