Founders take the honours
By DANIELLE GALVIN
THE three founding families of Pakenham were honoured at last week’s annual general meeting of the Pakenham Show Society.
Jason Ronald, Verna Thewlis...
Hope has a face
By DANIELLE GALVIN
THIRTEEN months ago, a small group of local young people started up a Facebook page.
Today, there are 20,000 members of the online...
Runs in the family
By NICOLE WILLIAMS
RUNNING shoes and a common goal have brought a Catani family together.
Three generations of the family will run the 10-kilometre event at...
Down dirt bike memory lane
By DANIELLE GALVIN
REMINISCING about the "good old days" of dirt bike riding in the 1970s will certainly rev up some memories for local motorcycling...
Stadium fee scrapped
By DANIELLE GALVIN
THE $2 entry fee into the Cardinia Life stadium will be scrapped following a decision by Cardinia Shire councillors on Monday night.
Councillor...
Jaws snap on traps
By NICOLE WILLIAMS
HIDEOUS and vicious steel jaw traps are being sold at markets around the region.
Representatives from the Animal Cruelty Hotline were called to...
Crash rescue bid futile
By DANNY BUTTLER AND DANIELLE GALVIN
FRANTIC resuscitation attempts by nearby residents couldn’t save a man who crashed into a Nar Nar Goon property after...
Prize Corgi’s safe ’n sound
A PARTIALLY deaf prized pooch was returned to her Beaconsfield owner on Tuesday following a lonely night in a Chadstone car park.
The much-loved...
Pokies pay day
By DANIELLE GALVIN and DANNY BUTTLER
Commission says residents are better off with more gambling...
VICTORIA’S peak gaming body has approved 40 poker machines at the...
Good sports go for it
By RUSSELL BENNETT
"LET me win. But if I cannot win, let me be brave in the attempt."
That was the time-honoured oath spoken by hundreds...
Shed bursting at seams
By NICOLE WILLIAMS
AKOONAH Park Men’s Shed is the perfect example of the benefits of men’s sheds.
The Berwick group was established only 12 months ago,...
Loyal to her community
By DANIELLE GALVIN
THERE would be few people around town who wouldn’t know Aunty Norma Jackson or at least recognise her at the netball courts,...