Mark takes a new course
By BESS ZEWDIE
COCKATOO resident Clint Mark is one of 21 new career firefighters stationed at the Morwell Fire Brigade this month.
The 33-year-old former...
On the crest of a dream
By BRIDGET SCOTT
LAYNE Beachley captured the undying attention of about 150 guests at the Casey-Cardinia Business Breakfast last Wednesday when she made waves at...
Guide hall spruced up
By BRIDGET SCOTT
Bunnings team members helped revamp the Pakenham Guide Hall last Thursday when they came armed with paint brushes to put new colour...
Natives for extra spice
By DANIELLE GALVIN
PEPPERMINT Ridge Farm owner Julie Weatherhead is using her knowledge of bush food to teach at her cooking school in Tynong North.
It...
Gazette claims national award
A CREATIVE, forceful and authoritative newspaper, the Pakenham-Berwick Gazette has again been named the Best Newspaper at the Community Newspapers of Australia Awards.
Awarded...
Dealing with dementia patients
VOLUNTEER community visitors learned how to communicate with people suffering from dementia at a training event last month.
The event, at Lyrebird Village for...
Warning after cars break-in
POLICE are reminding people to not leave valuables in their vehicles and lock the doors after three cars were broken into on the weekend.
The...
Whiff of burglary
JEWELLERY, perfume and personal documents were stolen from a Pakenham house last week.
Police said the house on Scarlett Crescent was broken into between...
Tools targeted
POWER tools were stolen from a garage in Emerald on the weekend.
Police said that the theft occurred between 6pm on 26 June and...
Shotgun shoot-up
POLICE are appealing for information after a shotgun was fired in the early hours of Friday morning.
Residents near Princes Highway called the police...
Man punched in mugging
A YOUNG man from Pakenham was assaulted when he refused to give money to a group of five people on Saturday.
Police said that at...
Shipping container raid
ABOUT $5000 worth of power equipment was stolen from a site on Station Street in Officer on the weekend.
Police said that between the...
Looking back through the archives
50 years to 1976
The Rotary Club of Berwick, which usually meets at Salisbury House in Upper Beaconsfield, had a new venue and new host...
