Frogs on the Growl
THE Beacon Growlers from Beaconhills College in Pakenham are the official water watchers for the Toomuc Creek.
The budding young middle school scientists, aptly named...
Grading gravel unravels
CHRIS Hartigan couldn’t have been happier when Cardinia Shire Council graded her road in January.
But her elation turned to confusion when tonnes of gravel...
A world of adventure
FROM caravanning adventures to trips around the world, Emerald’s Maurice and Irene Webster have certainly enjoyed 60 years of wedded bliss.
Each other’s first...
Fine drop brings home gold
PRESSING grapes at D’Angelo Estate Vineyard in Officer has produced some award-winning wine.
The D’Angelo Estate 2010 Reserve Lady Chardonnay has won a gold medal...
Heart of VCE
THE beginning of a VCE year is a nervous time but it was made a little easier for senior students at St Margaret’s School...
Village in festive spirit
IT MAY have been a hot day, but the warmer weather helped bring out people in droves for the Upper Beaconsfield Village Festival on...
Slasher spark blamed for blaze
A FIRE at a property in Ellis Road, Tonimbuk, burnt six acres as the CFA worked to contain it on Wednesday last week.
The fire...
Rough road is car wrecker
AN OFFICER resident is at her wits' end after damaging her car on the corrugations of her unmade road.
Marilyn Brown has lived in Rix...
Suspicion over fires
WHEN Clint Allen saw 30-foot high flames within 100 metres of his Pakenham home on Monday afternoon, he immediately thought of his cousin who...
Fire chief warns of Ash Wednesday conditions
THE last time the Dandenong Ranges, Macedon Ranges and Otways all burned was on 16 February, 1983 - Ash Wednesday.
But they haven’t burnt to...
Warning bells ring
VICTORIA’S fire chief has warned that the bushfire threat to our communities is similar to that experienced before Ash Wednesday.
As memorial services were held...
Premier leads service dedication
“IT WAS dark, deafening, scary and ultimately tragic as it often is. It was deadly and devastating, it was Ash Wednesday.”
The words of Premier...
Make way for giant loads
Drivers travelling between Melbourne and Gippsland are warned of traffic disruptions over several nights in January, as two 55-metre-long loads make their way from...
