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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...

Dogs track down car thief

By ANEEKA SIMONIS POLICE dogs were used to track down a man who ran on foot after a high-speed police pursuit in a...

Homeless issue ‘critical’

By LIA SPENCER CARDINIA Council has been doing its part to try and tackle a 'critical’ homeless issue in Pakenham and surrounds. “Homelessness and the shortage...

System is broken

I am the owner of Mod Hair Studio at 25 Westernport Road in Lang Lang. My shop was broken into overnight between Friday 1 May...

Total Fire Ban declared ahead of scorching conditions

A Total Fire Ban (TFB) has been declared for Saturday 24 January for all of Victoria as temperatures are set to soar in their...