On the open road
KOOWEERUP’S long awaited bypass is set to open in the next few weeks.
Residents were given a sneak peak on Sunday with hundreds of people...
Burglary spree hits business
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
A SPREE of commercial burglaries in Lang Lang and Longwarry are under investigation by police.
Overnight, between Friday 1 May and...
Banking on Bernie for years
By KATHRYN BERMINGHAM
A LAKESIDE bank director was acknowledged for his tireless commitment to community banking at a presentation last week.
Bernie Wilson recently...
Likes hit five-digit mark
By KATHRYN BERMINGHAM
THE Pakenham Gazette Facebook page clocked up its 10,000th ‘like’ over the weekend.
Page admins believe that Andrew Souter was the...
Hand out to help
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
“These kids are realising they don’t need to be the recipient of other people’s pity or charity”
HELPING is part of...
Cottage needs a little care
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
A HISTORICALLY significant railway cottage will be used as a new security headquarters at Bayles Fauna Park.
A full-time caretaker is...
Group holds general meeting
THE Pakenham Arthritis Self-Help Group held their general meeting at the Tooradin Foreshore Reserve.
Birthdays for April: Joanne Spierings, Coral Foster, Astrid Tame, Roy Casbolt,...
Kitty’s sitting pretty
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
THE Scanlons couldn’t have picked a cuter pet as their test-dummy baby.
Tiffany and Scott, who are the recent owners of...
Thieves cotton on to clothing
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
SEVERAL thousand of dollars worth of clothing has been stolen from a popular Pakenham retailer following repeated burglaries.
Cotton on in...
$1.2m blocks rock Pakenham
By DANNY BUTTLER
AN historic Pakenham land package was sold for more than $1.2 million on Saturday.
In what is seen as a positive...
Conference aims to connect
By KATHRYN BERMINGHAM
COMMUNITY groups, social entrepreneurs, activists and creatives will come together to celebrate the art of connection later this month.
Presented by...
Bypass draws them in
RESIDENTS turned out in their dozens to check out the new and long-awaited Kooweerup bypass.
As thanks for their patience, VicRoads and Lend Lease invited...
Shopping centre blitz sees over 100 arrests
A 15-year-old carrying a hunting knife, two men fighting with a hammer and a couple who stole clothing worth hundreds of dollars are among...
