Son takes up father’s fight
By DANIELLE GALVIN
THE sweet smell from the petrol cookers used by troops in the jungles of Papua New Guinea has left a bitter taste...
Keeping the memory alive
By BRIDGET SCOTT
WHEN Ray Heathcote fought in Vietnam his wife wrote to him every day.
The Veteran said mail was important back then - the...
Footsteps of Anzac
By BRIDGET SCOTT
NORM Joseph will re-trace the footsteps of his father when he embarks on the journey of a lifetime to Gallipoli next year.
The...
Peter’s job is all heart
By CASEY NEILL
PAKENHAM paramedic Peter Simpson found himself on the other side of a medical emergency less than a year ago.
The 56-year-old was on...
‘Slow down’ drilled in
By DANIELLE GALVIN
PAKENHAM’S Road Rescue Unit members are urging drivers to slow down and take care on the roads after seven serious crashes in...
Rate rise to reduce
By GARRY HOWE
A BID by maverick councillor Collin Ross to limit any rate increase to CPI plus 1 per cent has been labelled unworkable...
Grand finale before retirement
By BRIDGET SCOTT
THE retiring owner of the Beaconsfield Mower and Tractor Centre said he couldn’t have asked for a better outcome for his auction...
Green kits to greet premmies
THOSE babies who just couldn’t wait to see the world were celebrated at St John of God Hospital in Berwick on Wednesday 9 April.
Fourteen...
Graffiti grips town
By GARRY HOWE
CARDINIA councillors concede that graffiti has become so bad, particularly in Pakenham, that it is contributing to a feeling of unease over...
Warning after knife robbery at park
By DANIELLE GALVIN
A PAKENHAM mum says her 17-year-old son is terrified to leave the house after he was threatened with a knife at Bourke...
Swinging into accident action
By CASEY NEILL
A BIG brother rushed to his trapped sibling’s aid at a Pakenham playground on Monday morning.
Denver, 12, ran from PB Ronald Reserve...
Opportunity costs
By GARRY HOWE
BORROWING $20 million to purchase the new Cardinia Civic Centre in Officer has taken the shire’s debt level to a peak of...
Last-gasp scenes for Giants
A grand final like this was always going to end in tears…for both sides.
Korumburra-Bena enjoyed the ecstasy of success while Nar Nar Goon experienced...
