Rotary gets the deal done
THE Rotary Club of Pakenham has played its part in brokering a deal which will see $2.5 million go to medical research.
A member of...
Four line up for Nats seat
THE NATIONALS have endorsed four candidates to stand for pre-selection as the State Upper House Member for Eastern Region.
The endorsed candidates, Kate Lancaster, Tim...
High school camp initiation
EIGHTY Year 7 students from St Francis Xavier College went on their annual three-day camp to Allambee, from 2 to 4 March where they...
Brigades pumped up
By BEN CAMERON
A MORE relaxed approach from the Drouin and Bunyip fire brigades has helped it claim not only two event first...
A sign of the times
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
THE black marker has come in handy for a signage correction out the front of the Pakenham Gazette’s office.
It appears...
Hecklers had a cackle
PUBLIC speaking can be fraught with danger - and hecklers are among the worst.
When helping to open the new Anzac Walk at Emerald last...
Creating more local jobs
By LIA SPENCER AND ANEEKA SIMONIS
ALMOST 70 per cent of residents in Casey and Cardinia work elsewhere, but a local politician is...
Club to get new home under land plan
By BEN CAMERON
EMERALD Netball Club will have a new $3.2 million home at Pepi’s Land after Cardinia Shire Council greenlit a masterplan...
He’s a fine old Chappie
Chappie (MA)
Starring: Sharlto Copley, Dev Patel, Hugh Jackman
NEILL Blomkamp, you magnificent so and so.
The wunderkind South African director has again presented a dazzling vision...
Xmas decorations delayed
By BEN CAMERON
CARDINIA Shire Council has deferred a decision on potentially spending $200,000 on Christmas decorations across the shire.
It follows a petition...
By the numbers
IT’S been billed as the cheekiest bingo you’ll ever go to and guaranteed to send you home smiling.
Kooweerup Scout Group will hold a...
Drivers are now walkers
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
TWO drink drivers were apprehended by police in a recent traffic safety operation.
Police caught a male and female driving over...
Rates cap set at 2.75%
Council rates will be capped at 2.75 per cent for the coming year by the State Government, in line with the Essential Services Commission...
