Fired up with new station
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
BEACONSFIELD CFA’s prayers have been answered with the recent State Government commitment to build volunteer firefighters a new $1 million state-of-the-art station.
Planning...
Crossing danger drags
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
PARENTS concerned for their child’s safety as they dart and weave through fast oncoming traffic have put their foot down, demanding better...
Riding roughshod
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
V/LINE has rejected claims it was at odds with Metro about speed restrictions between Dandenong and Pakenham despite reducing its maximum travel...
Real picture of our Anzacs
By GARRY HOWE
PAKENHAM-based Major Guy Warnock, a veteran of several Middle East deployments, told a record dawn service crowd on Saturday morning that it...
Rates through the roof
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
RATEPAYERS will face a 5.5 per cent rate hike under Cardinia Shire Council’s 2015-'16 draft budget after a councillor's futile effort at...
Buck passing over bottleneck
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
A TRAFFIC bottleneck causing endless frustration on Pakenham roads needs to be addressed in the upcoming state budget, according to Bass MP...
Trees felled for safety
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
DANGEROUS trees that posed a safety threat to residents are in the process of being removed, following years of campaigning.
Around 200 diseased...
Rally in Maddy’s memory
By LACHLAN MOORHEAD
A YEAR and a half since Maddison Murphy-West was found dead in her Pakenham home, a second rally will be held in...
That’s the style
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
HUNDREDS of loyal punters and fashionable fillies braved the cold to attend the first Pakenham Cup at the new Tynong racecourse.
Sunday marked...
Council cares less
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
PARENTS are grappling with the idea of removing their children from local schools and moving from the shire after it was recently...
Home burgled through unlocked garage
A 79-year-old Pakenham victim of a home burglary is still without his car which was stolen more than a week ago.
Between 9pm on Monday...
Catholic kinder opens doors
By KATHRYN BERMINGHAM
THE first Catholic Early Learning Centre in the Diocese of Sale opened in Officer last week, catering for a heightened demand for...
CFA funding war fuels political firestorm
Victoria’s professional and volunteer firefighters are demanding a parliamentary inquiry into the state’s bushfire preparedness, accusing the Allan government of underfunding the Country Fire...
