Cardinia’s cool
By LIA SPENCER
PAKENHAM has scored a major sporting coup with a $6 million ice rink planned for Bald Hill Road.
If approved by Cardinia Shire,...
Show agrees to Yakkerboo ties
By BEN CAMERON
THE Pakenham and District Agricultural and Horticultural Show Society has proposed closer ties with the Yakkerboo Festival despite rejecting ideas of a...
Station upgrade strengthens ties
By BRIDGET SCOTT
THERE will be a new face around the traps of Emerald as part of the recent upgrades to the local police station.
Senior...
Time to honour them
By BRIDGET SCOTT
A PAKENHAM Upper resident says it's time for Vietnam veterans to be recognised by their local RSL.
David Shelton said he submitted his...
Campaign to return medals
By BRIDGET SCOTT
A KOOWEERUP man is on a mad search to find the owner of three war medals.
Phillip Jones has had three medals from...
4Cs shares the care
By BRIDGET SCOTT
MEMBERS from a major not-for-profit organisation in Pakenham have urged Cardinia Shire residents to take advantage of their services.
Operations manager of the...
Concern over quarry use
By BEN CAMERON
GARFIELD, Bunyip and Tonimbuk residents fear a stone quarry planned for the former Tonimbuk Equestrian Centre will create significant environmental problems.
The Mt...
Call to fight hoon hordes
By BEN CAMERON
A PAKENHAM businessman has called on police to take action against out-of-control late night hoons in an industrial area in Bate Close.
The...
Clematis CFA says tanks
By BEN CAMERON
FACING an increasing number of call-outs, the Clematis Fire Brigade has welcomed a timely $100,000 Volunteer Emergency Services Equipment Program grant towards...
Firefighter for 76 years
By RUSSELL BENNETT
LIKE most volunteers, Duncan Holman doesn’t think his time as a firefighter was anything too flash. He just wanted to help people...
Silver solution
By GARRY HOWE
THE lowly and largely unwanted five-cent piece will be at the centre of a movement around the streets of Pakenham on Friday...
Protection on the platform
By DANNY BUTTLER
FOUR new Protective Services Officers have been assigned to Cardinia Road railway station to help increase passenger safety.
The PSOs, who will work...
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...
