Popular names show the way
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
SOPHIE, Scarlett and Olivia were the top names given to girls born across Cardinia shire last year while Lucas and Oliver topped...
Comrades court fame
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
LONGTIME Beaconsfield tennis comrades will go head to head on the same courts played by international sporting heroes later this month.
Craig Sankey...
Operation weight drop
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
A COCKATOO grandmother who lost almost 60 kilograms said there was no better way to celebrate her achievement than by jumping out...
Child’s play for council
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
CARDINIA Shire Council is investing in child-time play through updates to playground equipment in the area.
The updates, which are expected to bring...
Storm Rowed through lens
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
A PAKENHAM woman who wandered the streets with a camera in hand was able to catch a perfect snapshot of the storm...
Horror skydive fall
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
A GARFIELD teenager was last week released from hospital after breaking his back in a horror skydive gone wrong.
Eighteen-year-old James Ryan was...
Cardinia’s tragic numbers
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
EIGHT lives were lost on Cardinia Shire roads last year, the Transport Accident Commission (TAC) revealed.
Between 1 January 2014 and 1 January...
Saving precious lives
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
A YOUNG Beaconsfield woman, who has stepped in to prevent more than 80 suicides during her career in voluntary youth support, is...
Major fire timely averted
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
HIGHLY flammable liquids purposely leaked across a main street in Kooweerup last week could have started a major fire, the captain from...
Welcome to the Rusty show
The Water Diviner (M)
Starring: Russell Crowe, directed by Russell Crowe, as told to Russell Crowe
MUCH-trumpeted and long-awaited, The Water Diviner really only has one...
Vigilante streets
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
Strap: Armed men search for skeleton crew of masked intruders
A SERIES of thefts carried out by “aggressive” masked thugs was allegedly met...
Pakenham motel at last
A LARGE-scale accommodation centre will be developed next to the Cardinia Club on Racecourse Road in Pakenham.
Pakenham Racing Club chief executive Michael Hodge revealed...
Community events shut down under extreme conditions
While the north is consumed by bushfires, communities closer to home are being forced to adapt to life under extreme fire conditions.
Victoria had been...
