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Dandenong Hospital: Mental health patients on outer
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS WHAT DO YOU THINK? SCROLL TO BELOW THIS STORY TO POST A COMMENT. MENTAL health patients are languishing for more than eight…
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Marg Moments: Sewing up happy memories at Browns
IN a recent story in this column, I referred to a proposed 20th anniversary reunion of former dressmakers who were employed at Brown’s clothing factory,…
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Wasted years: ‘ice’ puts young lives on the slide
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS WHAT DO YOU THINK? SCROLL TO BELOW THIS STORY TO POST A COMMENT. A rise in ambulance call-outs for substance abuse has…
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Plea to get rid of Noble Park boom gates
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS CRIPPLING traffic gridlock at Noble Park’s Heatherton Road level crossing is being described as close to “another Springvale”. Greater Dandenong councillor Roz…
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Salvos’ Doveton Food Bank warehouse to close
By Cameron Lucadou-Wells WHAT DO YOU THINK? SCROLL TO BELOW THIS STORY TO POST A COMMENT. IN the midst of its annual Red Shield Appeal,…
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Greater Dandenong Latest Sport Results
SOUTHERN FOOTBALL LEAGUE: Round 6: Division 1: Highett 3.4, 5.12, 5.13, 13.17 (95) d Mordialloc 0.5, 2.5, 5.6, 6.6 (42) Goals: Highett: J Verlin 4,…
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DDCA: Ridges appoints captain-coach
Buckley Ridges Cricket Club has appointed former New Zealand first class cricketer Marc Calkin as captain-coach for next season. The 32-year-old former Wellington and Central…
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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…