Dandenong Star Journal

  • 69 years of love and togetherness

    69 years of love and togetherness

    In 1952, a simple family connection sparked a love story that has lasted nearly seven decades. Frank and Shirley have celebrated 69 years of togetherness,…

  • Redbacks reach final hurdle

    Redbacks reach final hurdle

    Luke Bull and his Hampton Park teammates will drift off to sleep on Friday night with dreams of holding the Southern Division 2 premiership cup…

  • Ex-councillors back Garad’s ‘freedom of speech’ fund

    Ex-councillors back Garad’s ‘freedom of speech’ fund

    Former City of Greater Dandenong councillors have pitched in for councillor Rhonda Garad’s ‘fight for free speech’ against the council’s CEO. Peter Brown a former…

  • Social housing tower approved in Metro Village

    Social housing tower approved in Metro Village

    Property developer Burbank Urban has been given the green light to develop a social housing project in the heart of Dandenong. The project includes 89…

  • Rays overpower Oakleigh

    Rays overpower Oakleigh

    Dandenong Stingrays coach Nathan Boyd lauded the character of Dandenong Stingrays in their 8.8(56) to 2.3(15) victory over Oakleigh Chargers on Sunday morning at Shepley…

  • Stingrays into grand final

    Stingrays into grand final

    Dandenong Stingrays girls have progressed to the Coates League grand final with an 8.8(56) to 2.3(15) victory over Oakleigh Chargers. After back-to-back losses against the…

  • Gunslinger Richardson rolls into town

    Gunslinger Richardson rolls into town

    It was another night of super action in the Mountain Dart League with seven 180s thrown in round eight of the Division 1 competition on…

  • Andrews defends parade pic

    Andrews defends parade pic

    Critics have raged over former Mulgrave MP and Premier Daniel Andrews’s front-stage attendance with international dictators at a military parade in Beijing, China last week.…

  • Permit standoff frustrates owner

    Permit standoff frustrates owner

    An industrial landowner says he’s been unfairly targeted by Greater Dandenong Council after being ordered to clean up his storage yard in Springvale. Last month,…

  • Call for our memories of grand Town Hall

    Call for our memories of grand Town Hall

    The grand Dandenong Town Hall has stood 135 years as the town’s elegant epicentre for civic life, deb balls and the arts. To capture the…

  • Praise from the top for breakfast club

    Praise from the top for breakfast club

    Food is just the beginning of the story at Wallarano Primary School’s breakfast club, says its coordinator. On Tuesday and Thursday mornings, William Fragiadakis is…

  • Decade in the making: Keysy hub opens with fanfare

    Decade in the making: Keysy hub opens with fanfare

    Basking in spring sunshine, Keysborough Community Hub was officially opened in front of a 1500-strong crowd on Saturday 6 September. The long-awaited $29.5 million multi-purpose…