Haze calls have helpers fuming
COMMUNITIES across Melbourne are being urged not to call Triple-zero if they see smoke unless they see flames.
Emergency services are being inundated with calls.
Fire...
Power in moving tribute
By TANIA PHILLIPS
THE annual truck pull at the Berwick show is always a lot of fun and one of the highlights of the event...
Ambos join the Relay
By DANIELLE GALVIN
WHEN Beaconsfield-based Clinical Support officer David Kervin visited the Casey-Cardinia Relay for Life event last year, he was moved by the candlelight...
Forecast for a great show
By BRIDGET SCOTT
PRESIDENT of this year’s Berwick Show Tom Gibson is already looking at the weather forecast for the show later this month.
"It’s looking...
Police frustrated by easy car crime
By DANIELLE GALVIN
LEAVING a wallet in a car overnight is the same as leaving hundreds of dollars on the seat for crooks to steal.
Pakenham...
Heat call for cool
By DANIELLE GALVIN
DEHYDRATED and heat-affected birds and possums are crying out for a drop of cool water.
But Andrena Francey from the Bayles Wildlife Shelter...
Specialist dreams come true
By DANIELLE GALVIN
DARE to dream is the wording on the sign out the front of the newly opened Officer Specialist School.
A school for special...
It’s in the blood
By BRIDGET SCOTT
BORN and bred in the town of Berwick, it was inevitable Debbie Akister and Andy Fyfe would one day be part of...
Red roses signal love
WHILE traditions often change over time, there’s one feature of Valentine’s Day which still remains the same.
The popular red rose is still on the...
School’s out for homes
By DANIELLE GALVIN
AFTER years as a serial under-achiever, the derelict former Pakenham Consolidated School site is set to graduate with honours as a residential...
Curly-haired Folker from… Dover
TWO acclaimed musicians will be making their way to the Berwick and District Folk Club (Badfolk) this month for a night of beautiful music.
The...
Karise is still on song
DESCRIBED as the voice that moved a nation, Karise Eden’s Intimate Summer Series Tour is coming to Warragul.
She broke records for the most number...
Civic band honours the late Lyn Stephenson
The Cardinia Civic Concert Band's recent performance was a bittersweet moment marked by an exciting guest, while many paid tribute to the late Lyn...
