Monthly Archives: May 2015
Aussie’s side has it all
By RUSSELL BENNETT
ELLINBANK AND DISTRICT FOOTBALL LEAGUE - INTERLEAGUE PREVIEW
HARD, rugged inside midfielders; running half-backs; strong key position stocks; and a potent forward line stacked...
Silverbacks bounce back
By RUSSELL BENNETT
THE Pakenham Silverbacks bounced back in style on Saturday, with an impressive Gridiron Victoria Division-2 win over the Monash Barbarians, 24-14.
From their...
One for the ages
Russell Bennett sits down for a special, two-part Beer O’Clock with former St Kilda footballer, and one of the Kooweerup sporting scene’s favourite patriarchs...
Harold ‘stoked’ to lead league charge
By DAVID NAGEL
BERWICK’s comeback-kid, Michael Harold, will have pride and passion bursting through his skin on Saturday when he leads the South East Football...
Jail for scissors robbery
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
A VIOLENT ice addict who falsely imprisoned and threatened to kill a Berwick shop assistant has been sentence to jail.
Jeremy Arvidson held...
Rate capping impacts services
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
UP TO $150 million will be ripped from local councils in the next financial year, impacting vital services and jobs available in...
Young heroes have a smile on their dials
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
SPEAKING clearly to a triple zero operator as his father was struck by sudden onset paralysis, 14-year-old Troy Lyall displayed bravery in...
Fuming over hoon nightmare
By LACHLAN MOORHEAD
A PANIC-STRICKEN Kooweerup woman, who claimed she “lost faith” in the police system after her husband hid from hoons in Dandenong South,...
Family’s distress at grave robbery
By KATHRYN BERMINGHAM
ZAC Griffiths took comfort in the fact that a ceramic pelican watched over the grave of his papa, Ashley.
The 11-year-old from Berwick...
Young chefs rule
CHAIRO Christian School students brought a little piece of Paris to Pakenham on Monday afternoon.
Four guest judges, including Gazette reporters Aneeka Simonis and Kathryn...
Breakthrough for small business
By KATHRYN BERMINGHAM
TAX breaks for small businesses included in last week’s Federal Budget have been welcomed by business owners in the Cardinia Shire.
Under the...
No man’s land
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
No sheriff in this town anymore ...
POLICE, who have been virtually non-existent in crime-stricken Lang Lang, have officially abandoned the small town.
Staggering...