Swings run hot at Drouin
THE weather wasn’t the only thing hot at Drouin Golf Club on Saturday.
In a day of excellent scoring, Wayne Duckett and Chris Hogan took...
Aquatic progress
WORK has resumed on Pakenham’s much anticipated new aquatic centre after a break during ChristmasNew Year with the carpark now fully sealed.
The multimilliondollar project,...
Free advice on rental properties
THE Australian Taxation office will hold a free rental property seminar at the Casey civic centre, Magid Drive, Narre Warren, at 9.45am on Monday,...
Cat killing angers neighbourhood
By Sarah SchwagerA CAT has been shot dead in Pakenham, angering its family and the quiet neighbourhood.
Larissa and Rob Sayburn and children Mitchell, 7,...
Thieves go a bit troppo in the heat
Sarah SchwagerIT seems the heat wave has affected Cardinia’s criminals, given the unusual crime wave in the area in the past week.
A number of...
Driver cut free
RESCUERS used the hydraulic cutting equipment to cut a woman free from the wreckage of a car that crashed into a tree at Upper...
New doubt over libraryBy Paul Dunlop
PLANS to relocate Pakenham Library could be shelved.
Cardinia Shire Council last week cast aside an inprinciple vote of support for building a new facility...
Councillors to access all areas
By Paul DunlopBEEFEDUP security at Cardinia Shire Council offices will be relaxed to let councillors come and go as they please.
The council last week...
Free to roam around
ADULT learners at Emerald are free to roam in cyberspace, thanks to Cardinia Shire Council.
The town’s University of the Third Age (U3A) group will...
Sarah carries torch
By Sarah SchwagerTHE flame has kept on burning for Clyde’s Crystal Bruton who was chosen to carry the Paralympic torch in 2000.
Crystal was just...
I’ll fight murder charge wife
By Sarah SchwagerTHE estranged wife of murdered Pakenham man Michael Griffey claimed she was innocent after she was charged with his murder last week.
Diane...
Jasmine keen to arrive
By Paul DunlopBABY Jasmine’s short life has already been a rollercoaster ride.
Born almost two months premature, the tiny tot weighed just 1.7 kilograms (3lb...