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By ANEEKA SIMONIS
THEATRICAL students at St Margaret’s School in Berwick are counting down the days until a visit by the Melbourne Symphony...
Shade to Mingle outside
RESIDENTS supported by social enterprise Outlook will be able to enjoy the simple pleasure of gathering in the outdoors this summer, thanks to a...
Doc’s helping and healing
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
A WELL-KNOWN Pakenham doctor is celebrating 40 years of service in helping and healing.
Dr Pravin Kapadia, a general practitioner operating...
Seniors salute Dykers
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
THE Pakenham Senior Citizens Centre offers its best wishes to friends and family of the late Sandra Graham who will...
Philatelist’s palaver
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
BERWICK Stamp Club will hold its first meeting for 2015 in ‘The Olde Shoppe’ at the Old Cheese Factory, Homestead...
Bridge builds up
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
Berwick Bridge Club had a great week of play starting on Friday 23 January with 10 tables.
First for North/South (N/S)...
Create your own McTaste
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
THERE was a line out the door and around the corner of the Officer McDonald’s store when it launched its...
Client’s cancer inspires walk
By BEN CAMERON
A PAKENHAM hairdresser of almost 30 years will put down the scissors and walk 60km later this month to help...
Village feel faces threat
By BEN CAMERON
THERE are fears the Beaconsfield Structure Plan will destroy the “village feel” of the town.
Local resident of over 30 years...
More ambos in town
By BEN CAMERON
AMBULANCE Victoria has plans to add an extra peak period unit to its Pakenham station in “coming months“.
An AV spokesperson...
Did Tigers once roam Pakenham?
By DANNY BUTTLER
IN searching the newspaper archives for World War I information, Gazette editor Garry Howe stumbled across an interesting snippet from...
Wiggles at your doorstep
NEW York, Los Angeles, Montreal ... Pakenham.
In their first show outside evening show outside of North America, the Wiggles will perform at...