Time for hard decisions
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS
DWELLING in the lush Cockatoo bushland, Ian Robins is a world away from the responsibilities of steering a growth-areas council.
As chief executive...
Ratepayers tell council of their struggles
By BRIDGET SCOTT
RESIDENTS at a Cardinia Shire Council information session last week told officers that they were unhappy with rate rises.
About eight residents turned...
Gutted over chopped trees
By DANIELLE GALVIN
"OFFICER has had its guts totally ripped out."
Long-time Officer residents have told of their dismay as they watched trees along the Princes...
School hopes for upgrade cash
By DANIELLE GALVIN
AN $8.5 million investment in Kooweerup Secondary College would finish the school’s refurbishment - one of the biggest building projects the town...
Man hit by bypass truck
A MAN in his 30s is in critical condition after he stepped out of his car on the Pakenham Bypass and was hit by...
Badly injured in smash
By BRIDGET SCOTT
A MAN and woman are in a critical condition following a head-on collision on the Old Princes Highway in Officer this morning (Wednesday).
A 43-year-old...
Small businesses come to life
By DANIELLE GALVIN
A BUSINESS exposition run by the Lakeside Community Development Forum (LCDF) could reinvigorate a Pakenham business group for local traders.
The event will...
Council bid to buy cop shop
By DANIELLE GALVIN
THE old Emerald Police Station in the heart of town could be turned into a community hub if Cardinia Shire Council buys...
Love as solid as diamonds
By BRIDGET SCOTT
BRYAN Mitchell wasn’t so lucky when he first asked his future wife to dance at the Belgrave dance many years ago.
According to...
Crime crushers
By BRIDGET SCOTT
AFTER being the recent target for thieves, the Cyril Molyneux Reserve in Berwick has received a $22,000 grant to put a stop...
Tiger tie-up
By DANIELLE GALVIN
RICHMOND Football Club and Cardinia Shire Council have signed a historic agreement which will see the AFL giant become an integral part...
Solemn tribute to fallen heroes
By DANIELLE GALVIN
THE mournful tones of the bugler’s song during Pakenham’s Anzac Day Dawn Service must have been powerful enough to wake up the...
The Goon makes history
Back-to-back-to-back…twice.
Nar Nar Goon created history with both its D Grade and B Grade outfits winning their third-consecutive West Gippsland netball premierships at Garfield on...
