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Love bridged a mighty river
By GEORGIA WESTGARTH LYSTERFIELD couple Ian and Joyce Rider will be celebrating 50 years of marriage this month – along with Ian’s sister, who married…
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Bright history of achievement
By JARROD POTTER NESTLED in the midst of Dandenong’s central sporting avenue on Pultney Street – between the football and cricket ovals and the fading…
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Join us on a trip down memory lane
THIS week the Dandenong Journal celebrates its 150th anniversary. The Journal is the sister paper of the Journal News and historically covered the suburbs of…
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Sure shot success
By JARROD POTTER SOARING to the top of Victorian soccer, Dandenong Thunder put the town on the map with a sensational 2012 season resulting in…
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The delivery may be different but the score’s still on the board
By JARROD POTTER THE Journal’s sport section has come a long way in 150 years. Initially just strip columns as part of the ongoing sea…
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Cricket great never forgets where it all started
By JARROD POTTER RED leather on willow is the sound of a Dandenong summer. Cricket is Dandenong’s code of choice for the hotter months and…
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Slipping skills ‘an opportunity’
By GEORGIA WESTGARTH LITERACY and numeracy skills among Australian children have largely slipped in writing tasks. But Doveton College principal Greg McMahon says he sees…
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Cut and run
POLICE were called to a Doveton unit late last month where a man in his fifties had been stabbed. The man suffered lacerations in the…
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Crying for jobs
By LACHLAN MOORHEAD TWO Casey councillors have called for an “urgent meeting” with Dandenong MP Gabrielle Williams and council officers as the conjecture about Doveton’s…
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Sudden stop inside fruit shop
A CAR ploughed into a Doveton fruit shop and into the aisle this morning, but no-one was hit in the crash. Ambulance crews were called…
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Cop’s wisdom for parents
By LACHLAN MOORHEAD A SENIOR police officer from Endeavour Hills has urged parents not to tell their kids police will “lock them up” in jail,…
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Bomb squad at Doveton home
THE police bomb squad was sent to a Doveton property on Saturday night after police were called to the address. Police arrived at the Rose…
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