Sandown shutdown for jumpers
By ROY ASPINALL
A DREAM field of
top-class jumpers is set to produce a classic showdown at the $200,000
Grand National Hurdle (3900 metres) at Sportingbet Park, Sandown,...
Focus on Springvale, Dandenong, Noble Park car parking
GREATER Dandenong council will overhaul car parking in Springvale
and Dandenong and monitor parking in Noble Park.
Surveys last year found
there was up to 100...
Noble Park level crossing fines
POLICE have fined 35 drivers for blocking the level crossing at
the intersection of Douglas Street and Heatherton Road, Noble Park,
following a series of road-rage...
Keysborough hoons lose their ride
A CAR
and a motorcycle were seized by police under Victoria’s hoon
laws after the drivers were caught allegedly travelling about 60km/h
over the speed limit...
Knife drama shuts Endeavour Hills street
POLICE
cordoned off Girvan Circuit, Endeavour Hills, at 10am on
Friday, June 28 when a man armed with a knife threatened to harm himself
and stab...
Charges after Hallam police pursuit
A SOUTH Yarra man has been charged with conduct endangering life
after a police pursuit in Hallam.
Police patrolling a Hallam Road
industrial estate, following a series of...
Asylum seeker's cry for help in song
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS
MY name is Selva ... And I am fighting for my life.
So begins Song for Selva,
an ode to a Sri Lankan...
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 –...
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.
The plan, which...
My Voice: A moment with Marg
Gateway to the goldfields
Did you know that Dandenong was once known as the gateway to the goldfields?
In The Dandenong Journal’s
120th anniversary issue,...
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 Market...
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 Court...
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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...
