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Millionaires won’t stump up

By Victoria Stone-Meadows Two forgotten Tattslotto tickets worth a combined $1.26 million remain unclaimed, with the winners believed to be somewhere in Berwick and Officer....

Store sold, now adventure begins

The Maryknoll community has farewelled two much-loved families after 21 years of service. Maryknoll Post Office and General Store owners Bill and Pauline Hollier and...

Family dog impaled after firework scare

By Bonny Burrows Illegal fireworks have been blamed for the death of a dog that was found impaled on the backyard fence of its family...

Spoils of War-riors

By Russell Bennett The popularity of basketball is exploding, particularly at the junior levels, and Pakenham is part of the growth corridor right at the...

Further education for Nepal school builders

By Cam Lucadou-Wells An Upper Beaconsfield couple took the term ‘working holiday’ to new heights by helping rebuild a school in Nepal. An exhilarated Taran O’Donovan,...

Return to plane crash drama

By Roman Kulkewycz Ken Sumsion was a 15-year-old air cadet when the RAAF aircraft he was flying in crash landed in Garfield. Fifty-nine years later...

Reunion after 40 long years

By Bonny Burrows For 40 years Christine Goodman grew up as an only child while knowing she had other siblings. During this time, the Pakenham woman...

Worst metro line, says report

By Bonny Burrows Pakenham trains are officially the worst for punctuality on the Metro train network, data from Public Transport Victoria reveals. Performance results, released by...

College expands career choices

Pakenham Secondary College is proud of its class of 2016, which has received the highest number of university place offers in recent times. Year 12...

Andy’s lasting legacy

By David Nagel ‘Andy from Pakenham’ was a mythical figure to most, just a voice heard on the radio, but to his family and friends...

Woman freed, traffic chaos

By Cam Lucadou-Wells A trapped woman has been freed from a car after a serious multi-vehicle crash on the Monash Freeway at Dandenong North. Paramedics are...

Monash delays from accident

By Cam Lucadou-Wells A woman has been trapped after a serious multi-vehicle crash on the Monash Freeway at Dandenong North. Paramedics are treating the woman for...

Pakenham driver set for tunnel opening

The Metro Tunnel is set to open in less than two weeks and Pakenham’s Mark Godden is set to be among the first drivers...