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Chamber music just gorgeous
... (18/05/2006)

Transport boost
ADDITIONAL peak train services and a triplication of the Dandenong line have been locked in as part ... (18/05/2006)

Residents make noise over rowdy hall use
SPRINGVALE residents who claim to have been plagued by excessive noise for five years will finally h... (18/05/2006)

Vandals strike at Pirates again
TWICE in two weeks. That’s the heartbreaking reality facing Parkmore Junior Football Club after vand... (18/05/2006)

Squeeze on school bugs
STUDENTS at Lyndale Primary School are abuzz after the school was awarded a special grant to help bu... (18/05/2006)

Rate rise up to 7 per cent tipped
RESIDENTS in Greater Dandenong are tipped to be hit with a council rate increase of between 5 per ce... (18/05/2006)

Soccer ‘baboons’ spark brawl
POLICE and the state’s peak soccer body are investigating an on-field brawl believed to have been sp... (18/05/2006)

Several reasons to party
THE Dandenong Country Women’s Association (CWA) celebrated its 73rd birthday this week in the hall i... (18/05/2006)

Veterans fight demolition of area’s ‘wartime history’
DANDENONG war veterans say they are “greatly disappointed” at plans by the Greater Dandenong Council... (18/05/2006)

A caring lift for parents
YOUNG mums and dads throughout Greater Dandenong had the opportunity to discover helpful children’s ... (18/05/2006)

CFA in high rise rescue
DANDENONG fire fighters played a crucial role in saving tourists left dangling on the Arthurs Seat c... (18/05/2006)

Grant to benefit children
NOBLE Park and Dandenong North kindergartens will share a slice of $5.9 million of State Government ... (18/05/2006)

Safety cash for death junctions
DANDENONG’S deadliest road junctions will be tackled with a $1.7 million funding windfall from both ... (18/05/2006)

Festival unites community
THE Noble Park community turned out last weekend to support what organisers are labelling a phenomen... (18/05/2006)

Do you feel safe on Dandenong’s trains?
Melissa Chan, Dandenong NO “If anything happened to me there are no phones to contact anyone.”Ralp... (18/05/2006)

Drum Theatre beaten to design awards
DANDENONG’S $14 million Drum Theatre went home empty-handed at the region’s premier architectural de... (18/05/2006)

Hoons help speed hump residents
HOONS who damaged a traffic counter have strengthened residents’ claims that they are plagued by dan... (18/05/2006)

All Other Stories

Valley views for strategy forum
COSTS of a radical plan to revitalise central Springvale will be the focus of discussions at a Yarra... (18/05/2006)

Range of experiences
STUDENTS at St Johns Regional College partied hard last week in honour of their patron saint. A plet... (18/05/2006)

Handout warms the soul
MORE than 600 needy people benefited from the Dandenong community’s warm gesture of handing out wint... (18/05/2006)

Helping hands recognised
GREATER Dandenong this week honoured volunteers as part of a national celebration. The work of volun... (18/05/2006)

Roulettes mach students’ day
PRIMARY school students this week met with a handful of Australia’s fastest men. The Royal Australia... (18/05/2006)

Waste to fuel environmental benefits
RECYCLING industrial waste is an environmental good deed but a challenging service to sell to Austra... (18/05/2006)

Locals join state’s best
TWO Greater Dandenong businesses will be inducted into the Victorian Manufacturing Hall of Fame toni... (18/05/2006)

Design a winner
A BUILDING developed for a Dandenong South steel company has been recognised locally for its archite... (18/05/2006)

Funds a gem for jobs growth
AN engine rebuilding company this week received $240,000 to increase its floor space and staff numbe... (18/05/2006)

Quest nets Plaza award
AUSTRALIA’S shopping centre community has recognised Dandenong Plaza for its marketing of a youth ta... (18/05/2006)

Recycled group just like the original
WHILE it may be too late to see Creedence Clearwater Revival in concert it is not too late to see th... (18/05/2006)

Rangers veteran to mark 300
DANDENONG Jayco Rangers Big V Championship veteran Mark Roberts will play his 300th ABA game on Satu... (18/05/2006)

Montana sets sights high
TENNIS ace Montana Grenfell is ready to serve her way into the 2007 Australian Open Junior Champions... (18/05/2006)

Classy win in pennant
... (18/05/2006)

Casset plunders 11 for Pirates
IT was as though the Dandenong Demons had never heard of Danny Casset, and the Pirate full-forward m... (18/05/2006)

Wasted start costs Cobras
THE Sandown Cobras wasted another impressive start and eventually lost a three-point thriller agains... (18/05/2006)

Williams helps Bulls charge to victory
BRENT Williams slotted 11 goals and Noble Park charged to an 87-point win against Mitcham in their F... (18/05/2006)