Time to race toGippsland festival
WARRAGUL Harness Racing Club is helping to celebrate the monthlong Palate of Passions festival.
At its race meeting at Logan Park on Thursday, March 22,...
Tough wait
By Elizabeth LillisLOCAL farmers have a twoweek wait to see if they are eligible to access drought assistance.
The State Government has asked the Federal...
PUT nips at premiership glory
PAKENHAM UpperToomuc’s Dgrade team booked a grand final berth after a strong semifinal win against Beaconsfield at the weekend.
Hosting Beaconsfield, the Yabbies batted first.
Two...
Nyora just ‘too good’
AN excellent six wicket haul at the weekend by Nyora Bgrade’s Kelvin Toogood helped his side to a semifinal win against Upper Beaconsfield and...
Smile please, it’s our anniversary
BEACONHILLS College was in the picture last week as all staff and students gathered at the Valley Campus in Pakenham for a group photo.
Approximately...
Student leaders
THE 2007 Casey school student leaders function will be held in the civic centre on Friday.
River Gum Ward councillor Wayne Smith said March was...
Pennant eludes Berwick bowlers
BERWICK Bowls Club’s divisiontwo side fought out the grand final against FootscrayYarraville on Saturday, finally going down by 28 shots.
The game was played in...
Ten out of 10 for council stalwarts
By Jim Mynard
RIVER Gum Ward’s Wayne Smith and Edrington’s Mick Morland have celebrated their 10th anniversary as Casey councillors.
They are the only two inaugural...
Local boy cooks up a hot career
ANDREW Nooy arrived for his first day on the job at Pakenham’s Nestle Foods factory never thinking that one day he’d be running the...
Charity in short supply
By Paul DunlopFRESH fruit and vegetables are desperately needed to feed an evergrowing number of hungry families.
Pakenhambased 4Cs Emergency Food Bank coordinator Jeni Mathieson...
Write it down
WRITERS of all abilities are encouraged to submit manuscripts for the Yakkerboo short story and poetry awards.
The popular competitions are sponsored by the Shire...
He loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah!
By Marc McGowan
BEATLEMANIA was prevalent in the Swinging Sixties and the Psychedelic Seventies, but the Fab Four still entrance Pakenham’s Darren English.
John Lennon, Paul...
Radford bows out of race
After becoming the councillor of the new Officer Ward in 2020, current councillor Tammy Radford has decided to step down from her seat.
In a...
