Brave new world
By Kyra Gillespie
For local hard rock band Empty Worlds, 2018 is already shaping up to be a good year.
Sitting down before...
A very special delivery
By Bonny Burrows
When Chloe Gaspardis went into labour on 18 January she had no idea she was about to make history.
But little...
Club’s gesture for Jim
By Bonny Burrows
OBITUARY
James (Jim) Lindsay Allan
31 December 1925 - 7 January 2018
On Saturday 7 April Berwick Football Club will don black armbands...
Tennis day a smash hit
Families had a ball at Aligned Leisure’s recent Free Tennis Day.
Held on Saturday 20 January at the Pakenham Regional Tennis Centre, the free event...
Young writers reverse roles
By Kyra Gillespie
Many would have heard about walking a mile in someone else’s shoes before, but what about in someone else’s gender?...
Driven to succeed
By Bonny Burrows
Lisa McLeish will not be defined by her disabilities.
The 36-year-old Pakenham woman - who has cerebral palsy, epilepsy and...
Body of Pakenham-based man found
The body of a man who went missing at MacKenzie Falls on Saturday 20 January has been found.
“The man is yet to be formally...
Help needed to save the animals
By Bonny Burrows
The Bayles Wildlife Shelter faces closure if cash isn’t found to make the facility wheel-chair accessible.
The home-based shelter, operated by...
Triumph over the needle
By Kyra Gillespie
Author and drug and alcohol educator Kerryn Redpath tells KYRA GILLESPIE about her latest book and how her brush with...
Deadline extended
By Bonny Burrows
Cardinia Shire Council has extended the deadline for community objects to Pakenham’s proposed men’s boarding house.
The proposed 41-bed boarding house...
Monash partial closure
Lanes will be closed on the Monash Freeway this weekend as upgrade works continue.
From 10pm Saturday 20 January until 8am Sunday 21 January all...
Q&A
-with Debbie Sage, St John of God Berwick Hospital’s Critical Care Unit nurse unit manager.
1. What is something people don't know about you?
I...
Back to school, 50 years on
The Pakenham High School HSC class of 1975 is venturing back to school this Saturday, 15 November, for a tour of the facility, then...
