Little Aths bogged down
By MELISSA MEEHAN
DEEP puddles and poor drainage means Cockatoo’s little athletes can’t use the whole track in the early months of their season.
As...
Yakkerboo! The circus is coming
By BEN CAMERON
The 39th annual Yakkerboo Festival will return on 18 and 19 April next year but this time around with a circus theme.
“There...
Firies keep watch on house fires
By BEN CAMERON
THE number of preventable house fires in the Cardinia Shire have nearly halved over the past year.
Unattended cooking is one of the...
Nowhere to run for wildlife
By BEN CAMERON
AN EMERALD wildlife carer has urged Cardinia Shire Council to do more to protect local fauna as urban areas within the region...
Animals ‘bred for the bullet’
By MELISSA MEEHAN
THEY’RE brought to life, only to be slaughtered for recreation.
Lions, elephants and other animals in the wild are bred into captivity only...
Pensioners find the living ain’t easy
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
RETIREES struggling with the rising cost of living aren’t soothed by the recent increase of pension payments.
Some members of Australia’s ageing population...
Rita, the reliever
By BEN CAMERON
She was known as the “town reliever”.
Over 65 years living in Kooweerup, Rita Mathews worked at the butchers, the newsagency, the bakers,...
Scouts do their best
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
WITH more than 200 years of service between them, local Scouts members were commended for their dedication to the community at an...
Building futures
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
ENVIRONMENTAL sustainability and youth care have come together in an innovative new project at the Kooweerup Community House.
The group is in the...
Ain’t got no love
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
Maintenance shortfall has led to tennis courts danger ban...
JUNIOR tennis players have been banned from competing on the Harkaway Tennis Club...
Kilometres for cancer research
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
FOR her 50th birthday, Marianna Barker got a bike.
While she uses it to stay fit and healthy, she is also clocking up...
Vicious park assault
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
A MAN has been left with multiple fractures to his jaw after he was seriously assaulted at a notoriously dangerous park in...
Champs, chats and chokes
DAVE: Good morning boys, what a massive week of sport; we’ve a had a Pro-Am series through West Gippsland, the Woolamai Cup was on,...
