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Nightlife to jazz up town

By ANEEKA SIMONIS THERE is a surprise party planned for Pakenham - we just don’t know where or when it is expected to kick off. Cardinia...

Catch the cyclist’s BUG

By KATHRYN BERMINGHAM IF you’ve ever thought about joining the cyclist whizzing past on one of the many bike paths in the shire, now could...

Campus dead wood?

By KATHRYN BERMINGHAM LABOR candidate Simon Curtis has lashed out at La Trobe MP Jason Wood for lack of concern over the plight of students...

Road repairs go on hold

By ANEEKA SIMONIS A DANGEROUS, ungraded road in Cockatoo will not undergo permanent upgrades until a nearby shopping centre, held up by major planning delays,...

MYHACK- my foot: Curtis

By KATHRYN BERMINGHAM LABOR candidate for La Trobe Simon Curtis has labelled Jason Wood’s plan to deter at-risk young people from turning to extremism as...

Preventive family violence stalled in its tracks

By ANEEKA SIMONIS A MALE-LED family violence prevention campaign helping tackle the growing issue of domestic abuse is under threat as the state...

Veteran creates history

By DAVID NAGEL VETERAN Cranbourne trainer Ray Besanko created history on Tuesday 26 May, when his three-year-old chestnut gelding Well Kept won the first race...

Two jailed over teen rape

TWO men have been jailed over the 2009 multiple rape of a 14-year-old girl in Hallam. The Age has reported that the Pakenham man and...

Who’s a pretty girly girl?

By LIA SPENCER Isla’s turned into a real ‘girly girl’ as of late. Whenever the opportunity presents itself, she will go through my...

Join to fight ignorance

The Abbott government will commit another $450 million dollars to fight radicalisation, we read. We need to know what it is we are fighting....

Joy in life after draining depression

By LIA SPENCER MOTHER of four Katie Lithgow gets a lot of love from her young brood, but for several years the Pakenham...

Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down

Thumbs Down To Treasurer Joe Hockey while talking about his Budget for saying too much. He said: “Petrol is the cheapest it’s been in a...

Former Casey Mayor diagnosed with MND

Ex two-time Casey Mayor and VFL footballer Geoff Ablett has been diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease (MND), prompting his family to launch a fundraising...