Grand finale before retirement
By BRIDGET SCOTT
THE retiring owner of the Beaconsfield Mower and Tractor Centre said he couldn’t have asked for a better outcome for his auction...
Green kits to greet premmies
THOSE babies who just couldn’t wait to see the world were celebrated at St John of God Hospital in Berwick on Wednesday 9 April.
Fourteen...
Graffiti grips town
By GARRY HOWE
CARDINIA councillors concede that graffiti has become so bad, particularly in Pakenham, that it is contributing to a feeling of unease over...
Warning after knife robbery at park
By DANIELLE GALVIN
A PAKENHAM mum says her 17-year-old son is terrified to leave the house after he was threatened with a knife at Bourke...
Swinging into accident action
By CASEY NEILL
A BIG brother rushed to his trapped sibling’s aid at a Pakenham playground on Monday morning.
Denver, 12, ran from PB Ronald Reserve...
Opportunity costs
By GARRY HOWE
BORROWING $20 million to purchase the new Cardinia Civic Centre in Officer has taken the shire’s debt level to a peak of...
Bad noise
THE Victorian Labor Opposition has been making a lot of noise recently about funding cuts to Victoria’s hospitals.
Daniel Andrews should be embarrassed because the...
No jokes on smokes
THE majority of smokers take up the habit as teenagers. That’s why Cardinia Shire Council is to be congratulated for prosecuting a local retailer...
Hall has it all
At first light each Anzac Day up to 1000 residents rise from their beds and march by lantern-light through the streets of Kooweerup to...
Boy trapped under special swing
By CASEY NEILL
A PAKENHAM boy, 7, suffered head and facial injuries when he became trapped beneath a wheelchair swing this morning.
CFA and SES crews...
Auction action as Peter bids farewell
By BRIDGET SCOTT
THIRTY years on and its time for Peter Willis to put down the chainsaw and turn off the tractor, as he prepares...
Colour me happy
JUDGES were blown away by the standard of the Yakkerboo colouring competition.
This year the Yakkerboo festival committee teamed up with Pakenham Library to hold...
Local council mayoral election approaches
Casey Mayor Stefan Koomen appears to be the only councillor publicly putting up their hand for next week’s mayoral election.
The City of Casey will...
