Police close in on newspaper dumpers
Authorities are closing in on those responsible for dumping newspapers across the district.
Council staff and police believe they have identified the culprit.
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‘Hibby’ will never be replaced
By Russell Bennett
Matthew ‘Hibby’ Hibbert was one of life’s great, genuine characters and his sudden passing just a few days ago is being sorely...
Lucky cow
Police are investigating after a cow was shot in Nar Nar Goon.
The incident occurred about 10pm on Saturday 17 June at a Bessie Creek...
Record $47,300 from Make-A-Wish golf
Local accounting firm Casey Partners - together with a loyal group of regular sponsors, including local solicitor, Andrew Gray, Mercedes Benz Berwick, HFH Auto...
Indecent exposure
Police are seeking public assistance to identify a man who exposed himself to a child.
Investigators have been told the boy was within St Patrick’s...
Police raids on ‘Breaking Bad’ home drugs factories
By Helena Adeloju
Police are appealing for assistance to “break the back” of the cannabis industry’s grow house operations, after a home in Pakenham was...
No fatalities but high figures
Queen’s Birthday weekend police Operation Regal may not have registered any fatalities, but police say the offence count was too high.
Final figures for the...
Police keep pressure on crime
By Helena Adeloju
Crime in Pakenham is down by 21.8 per cent with more than 1000 fewer offences in the 12 month period from April...
Truck overturns
A large truck has overturned on the Kooweerup-Healesville Road, on the Pakenham side of the Ballarto Road intersection.
Traffic was being diverted as police moved...
Conversing for confidence
By Helena Adeloju
Each week a group of recent immigrants gathers at CatholicCare’s office in Pakenham to learn English in a conversational context.
Co-ordinator of the...
Potted opera double bill
By Helena Adeloju
Come July, Hillview Bunyip Aged Care retirement village will play host to a double bill of opera performances.
The opera extravaganza will take...
Councillors’ expenses to go public
By Bonny Burrows
Cardinia Shire councillors have voted to publicise their claimed expenses at their monthly meetings in a bid to further improve transparency.
Councillors’ travel...
Armour sidelined for Goon
Recently minted Nar Nar Goon premiership coach Matt Shorey concedes his captain Trent Armour is irreplaceable and will be a huge loss next season...
