Walk of heroes
EIGHTY-FIVE years on, 65 local heroes have finally been officially recognised for their bravery in a public way.
Around 100 people gathered at Beaconsfield Park...
Hunt for track attackers
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
POLICE have revealed that a second woman was assaulted at Toomuc Creek walking track in Pakenham the day after another woman narrowly...
Stalking charges
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
PAKENHAM women may have been randomly targeted by a man who has been charged with stalking and photographing schoolgirls.
The 38-year-old was initially...
Disabled scam is handicapped
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
A POORLY scripted scam targeting disabled drivers did not fool a Berwick woman who found a letter in her mailbox last week.
Angela...
Presidential pride
By RUSSELL BENNETT
“WE are a very, very proud RSL and I am a very proud president.”
Emerald RSL president Peter Maloney choked back tears last...
Guns and truckloads of stolen goods
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
ELEVEN of the fifteen rifles stolen from a Pakenham home have been recovered by police who have charged five men with burglary...
Bandits on our roads
A COUPLE driving along a secluded road were ambushed by seven men in broad daylight during an attempted carjacking in Harkaway last week.
It’s understood...
Couple’s call for compassion
By BEN CAMERON
AN Officer institution could be forced to move their benevolent bike shop.
Kevin Bronson has been sprucing up old bikes for more than...
Defying the disease
By CASEY NEILL
PRECEDE:
Emerald mum Alison Edwards doesn’t want Parkinson’s disease to define her. She spoke to CASEY NEILL about how she went...
Hands down best horses
THE Open Ring Horse Show on Monday 9 March at Berwick attracted the best horses in Victoria.
Weather finally shone on Berwick Show which...
Trinians upto no good
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
MOTORISTS, cyclists and pedestrians in Beaconsfield were understandably surprised last week to see a large group of wayward school girls...
Teen approached by driver
By CASEY NEIL
A DRIVER pulled up to a Pakenham bus stop and urged a boy to get into his car, police say.
Sexual...
Mina’s extraordinary feat
Since her arrival from Iran in 2003 with her two children and husband, Mina Bolandhemati has accumulated nearly a handful of degrees.
And on...
