The Wright stuff
By JARROD POTTER
SATURDAY 13 April 2013 will be etched forever in the mind of St Kilda footballer Nathan Wright.
The 18-year-old defender from Berwick, drafted...
Skatepark action hots up
PAKENHAM’S skatepark took the full force of grinds, ollies, backflips and tailwhips as the region’s best young skaters and BMX riders to the course...
Fresh fields for study
By DANIELLE GALVIN
HIGHER Education opportunities are on the rise in Cardinia Shire, following the opening of Community College Gippsland (CCG) in Pakenham last week.
Minister...
Crews pitch in for ditch rescue
By DANNY BUTTLER
A 19-YEAR-OLD Bunyip woman was flown to Royal Melbourne Hospital after a horror crash at Bunyip North on Monday afternoon.
Pakenham SES cut...
Squeeze on CFA
By NICOLE WILLIAMS
BEACONSFIELD CFA volunteers are fighting a ‘desperate’ battle on a different front as their station is squeezed out.
The station, built in 1944,...
Kids get a kick out of soccer tourney
By JARROD POTTER
ROTARIANS from Narre Warren and Endeavour Hills were on hand on Tuesday 26 March for the annual Casey Cardinia inter-schools five-a-side soccer...
Land sale enrages residents
By EMMA SUN
EMERALD residents have accused Cardinia Shire Council of letting them down, following its recent decision to sell almost 10 per cent of...
Stolen truck leaves owner distraught
By DANIELLE GALVIN
A PAKENHAM truck driver fears he can’t provide for his family after his $160,000 truck was stolen from a yard in Mary...
Teen rises to the Challenge
By RUSSELL BENNETT
“EVERYBODY is addicted to something. I’m addicted to riding my pushbike.”
Cockatoo resident Mal Doswell knows a thing or two about addiction. For...
Offenders clean up
By NICOLE WILLIAMS
CARDINIA Shire Council is taking a stand against graffiti with a new partnership with the Department of Justice.
Crime Prevention Minister Andrew McIntosh...
Officer fires suspicious: CFA
By DANIELLE GALVIN
FIRES that threatened properties, homes and business in Officer, Cardinia, Dalmore and Rythdale last week are believed to have been deliberately lit.
Cardinia...
Philip’s all smiles again
WITH a freshly shaved head and a smile on his dial, Year 10 student Philip Roberts is happy to announce he’s cancer-free.
It has been...
Residents’ outcry on walking trail car park
Disruptive behaviour has been a common occurrence at a walking trail’s car park in Narre Warren North, with residents recalling continuous incidents over the...
