Tag: News
Brass band takes some beating
By Melissa MeehanIT MIGHT have taken them 10 years and a borrowed bass drum beater, but Kooweerup’s marching band has hit the mark.
The...
Officer funding boom
ST BRIGIDS Primary School is blessed following the official opening ceremony held on Monday.
The school, in Officer, was blessed by the Bishop of...
Debt made easy
Why is council in so much debt?
With Cardinia Shire among the fastest growing municipalities in Victoria, council is under increasing pressure to ensure we...
Pokies in the Pink
By Melissa MeehanBEACONSFIELD’S Pink Hill Hotel was granted 60 electronic gaming machines (EGM) in last week’s pokies auction.
But there is no certainty they...
Eye on
By Jade LawtonThe cameras were promised in 2008 but are yet to be installed in the village.
Chamber of Commerce President Harry Hutchinson...
BMX bandits steal Bunyip’s heart
By Melissa MeehanTHEY say a man can’t move a mountain, but maybe a boy can keep it there.
Sick and tired of all the...
Sorrow to celebration
WHEN her father passed away of cancer in 2009 Etelka Krastek needed to find something to keep her mind off things.
“I was having...
Hit and run witnesses
POLICE are appealing for witnesses to a hit and run, which involved a cyclist and a car, in Berwick on Monday.
A 47-year-old male cyclist,...
Debt bomb
By Melissa MeehanCARDINIA Shire is being crushed under the weight of a $43.4 million debt – the biggest in Victoria.
The massive debt dwarfs neighbouring...
Cath is our centenarian
By Jade LawtonCATHERINE Marson’s children joke that if it wasn’t for her, the greeting card industry would go out of business.
Catherine, better known as...
Smart start for Nossal school- Education Minister Bronwyn Pike, Sir Gustav Nossal and Principa
By Jade LawtonRENOWNED Australian scientist Sir Gustav ‘Gus’ Nossal was the guest of honour at Nossal High School’s official opening last week.
Principal Roger Page...
Kangaroo slaughter stirs call for action
The business of Pakenham’s Robert Portbury is centred around building roads, but the kangaroo killing field of Pakenham Road has become so severe that...
