Generosity gives hope to grieving families
By Helena Adeloju
The organiser of a boot camp fundraiser for cuddle cots said she is overwhelmed after $12,000 was reached during the event.
“Everyone’s support...
Billy’s bursting at the seams
By Peter Douglas
A $78 million Puffing Billy wish list will see a new Puffing Billy centre at Emerald’s Lakeside Station, new locomotive storage in...
Match making on the track
By Helena Adeloju
When Pakenham Race Club People and Culture Manger Tanya Ritson answered a call from DVJS Employment solutions mid-last year it was the...
Man cut from crash car
A man was cut from his vehicle after two cars collided on Ballarto Road, near Cardinia Road on Monday 20 March.
A 22-year-old man had...
Fatal crash appeal for witnesses
A man has died in hospital following a crash in Berwick over the weekend.
Investigators believe a Holden Commodore was travelling south along Parkhill Drive...
A thousand for travel
Tracey Tabinor will be holidaying “somewhere towards Hawaii” next year thanks to winning a $1000 travel voucher.
“I’ll be taking my husband and daughter with...
‘Life’ still in the creature feature
Life (MA15+)
Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Jake Gyllenhaal
Forget this little gem if you’re looking for science fiction - it’s straight-out horror.
It’s hard to know where to...
A sniff of the upper class
By Tania Phillips
The Halcyon
ABC, Saturdays, 8.15pm
IN the dying moments of pre-war England, as war not only threatens but starts to break across the world,...
Plain market sees an increase
There were approximately 600 export and 550 young cattle penned representing an increase of 85 head week-on-week at Pakenham’s Victorian Livestock Exchange.
Most of...
Think biosecurity and farm hygiene
Consider the time and money that is spent keeping flocks healthy, in protecting investments and the steps that could be taken to prevent the...
Onyabike for disadvantaged kids
By Bonny Burrows
Lucy Wardrop-Brown thought she was doing the right thing.
Volunteering at an orphanage in Nepal four years ago, Lucy was on top of...
Vintage show, retro market to draw crowds
By Bonny Burrows
Locals are invited to have a rockin’ time this Good Friday at a retro-inspired fund-raiser.
Rockin’ Suzies’ Good Friday Appeal returns for its...
Build belonging early, and the world never takes it away
Recently, I witnessed something Australia has lost - and urgently needs back.
I was in Kuala Lumpur, sitting quietly in the corner of my father’s...
