Agents help keep costs low
LAST week’s Fat Cattle Sale at Baw Baw Livestock Exchange, Warragul, contained a yarding of lighter quality head.
Higher prices proved hard to obtain, and...
Charlie fears the flood
By Melissa MeehanCharlie Huyskens, a member of the Kooweerup Flood Protection Advisory Committee, said works in McDonalds Drain Road East started in May.
He...
Spring into activity for school holidays
CARDINIA Shire Council is providing a range of holiday activities for teenagers this spring.
Youngsters aged between 11 and 16 can experience some fast-paced fun...
Darryl’s on track, 50 years on
OVER the last 50 years, Cardinia Shire Council has changed name, location and overseen a huge population boom.
One constant has been the long-serving...
Fashion’s local passion
By Jade LawtonFASHIONABLE clothes for the young and the young-at-heart were sent down the runway at the Berwick Fashion Show on Friday night.
The...
‘Silent’ supporters
FOR years, the Berwick RSL has quietly offered a helping hand to ex-servicemen, women and their families.
Their welfare fund offers financial help to any...
Change for the better
By Bridget CookSix year seven and eight girls from the Berwick campus have created a group called Creating Happy and Nourishing Girls Environments (CHANGE).
The...
Broken promises
By Jade LawtonHarry Van Den Broek slipped in his shed and broke his leg on Wednesday, 8 September. Although wife Jo called an ambulance...
BID hits snag
By Jade LawtonBERWICK’S proposed Business Improvement District (BID) came to a head this week with two sets of fluorescent flyers landing on traders’ desks....
Zone change for Paky hard rubbish
HARD rubbish collection in Cardinia Shire will be re-vamped as the council extends its contract with WM Waste Management Services.
The council has exercised...
Chatwin cheesed offBy Melissa Meehan
DISAPPOINTED and angry that those affected residents did not respond to the council’s plan for a special charge scheme in Emerald, councillor Ed Chatwin...
Can the can
CANNED laughter has become as much a part of our lounge rooms as remote controls and ludicrously large TV screens.
It’s there in the background,...