School is on the rise
By BRIDGET SCOTT
THE Emerald Primary Schools revitalisation is one step closer to completion with stage one now finished.
Gembrook MP Brad Battin visited the school...
Apple industry’s big bite
By RUSSELL BENNETT
TYNONG’S Nine Mile Fresh - the largest and most sophisticated apple sorting facility in Australia - is officially open for business.
Deputy Premier...
100 years on and still a good read
By BRIDGET SCOTT
CAREFUL collecting paid off for a resident of Millhaven Lodge in Pakenham, last week.
On Monday 4 August, resident Ron Stevens rushed down...
Spotlight on Games medallists
By JARROD POTTER
ONE more accolade was waiting for the Casey TigerSharks’ Commonwealth Games trio when they returned home.
The City of Casey welcomed back Casey...
Milestone for good sports
By BRIDGET SCOTT
MANY presidents, volunteers and premierships later the Nar Nar Goon Netball Club will celebrate a milestone of its own this Saturday.
After its...
Boost for art space
By BEN CAMERON
CARDINIA Shire Council will spend around $80,000 on two new art initiatives.
It has budgeted about $40,000 including consultancy fees to develop a...
$3.2m drug bust
By BEN CAMERON
Marijuana factories uncovered in massive police raid...
THREE industrial drug factories containing 1568 marijuana plants worth $3.2 million have been busted in Pakenham...
Walk’s stand on suicide
By BRIDGET SCOTT
SALLY Webber and her family are one of many from the area which have been touched by suicide, and when it affected...
Program targets our kids at risk
By BRIDGET SCOTT
A NEW program for the Cardinia Shire will further empower local leaders to help target and combat problem behaviours in young people.
The...
Plants seized in police raid
MORE than a thousand cannabis plants were seized by police this morning after two hydroponic crop factories were discovered in Berwick and Pakenham.
The Pakenham...
More than a patch-up
By DANNY BUTTLER
PREMIER Denis Napthine said road repairs had too often been "patch-up jobs" as he announced an upgrade to the South Gippsland Highway.
At...
Support for the disabled
By CASEY NEILL
WALLARA has opened a Pakenham base for helping young adults with disabilities.
The Doherty Street address is the support service’s first Cardinia location...
Former-mayor banned for angry free speech outburst
Cardinia councilors unanimously approved banning a former mayor from meetings for the rest of the year after an angry outburst from the gallery, which...
