New Carols’ venue proves popular
By DANIELLE GALVIN
PERFORMERS, singers and local children lit up the stage at the carols by candlelight event in Pakenham on Sunday.
For the first time,...
Spray canned
By DANIELLE GALVIN
TERRITORIAL taggers squeezed out by the anti-graffiti movement in Casey may be moving in on Pakenham, damaging properties and angering local residents.
Anti-graffiti...
Park ruined by litter vandals
LITTER, thefts and property damage is frustrating a Cardinia Lakes resident.
Carolyn Mason walks around Windermere Park each day and she is concerned with the...
Clean-up pumps numbers
A POLICE blitz on illegal weapons and anti-social behaviour is behind a dramatic spike in crime figures in Cardinia Shire.
The latest crime statistics released...
Out with the old, in with the new
By BRIDGET SCOTT AND DAVID NAGEL
PAKENHAM Racing Club has pencilled in Thursday 26 March 2015 as the date for its first race meeting at...
Vandals derail commuter plans
EARLY bird and peak hour commuters were faced with huge delays this morning after vandals caused damage to vital V/Line signalling equipment.
V/Line announced that...
Focus on the family
By GARRY HOWE
PETER Blackwood says he is not the same person he was four months ago.
He never will be.
His life was torn apart when...
Clarko in his corner
HAWTHORN was only hours into its 2013 premiership celebrations when Peter Blackwood’s phone rang.
It was coach Alistair Clarkson, who had found a few minutes...
Staff dig in for food drive
By REBECCA BILLS
EMERALD organisations are coming together to lend a hand to community members in need.
The Emerald Co-op, in conjunction with Barry Plant and...
Ben’s pool plunge pays dividends
By JARROD POTTER
LIFE’S greatest epiphanies manifest in odd ways. For Ben Hiddlestone, his grand epiphany dragged him from a desk in Tokyo, where he...
Kylie’s legacy
By GARRY HOWE
UPDATE
PETER Blackwood says he thinks of his wife Kylie every second of every day.
It breaks his heart to think of what Kylie...
Tackling mental health
By DANIELLE GALVIN
A SPECIAL police tasking unit will service Cardinia, Casey and Greater Dandenong as part of a new initiative to tackle mental health...
Emerald residents demand feeding signs
Some residents in Emerald have reached out to Star Mail, raising their frustration over the lack of signage warning against feeding cockatoos in the...
