Firefighters fear arson spree
SIX fires on Cardinia Road on Saturday afternoon that narrowly avoided homes are believed to have been deliberately lit.
CFA District 8 operations manager Trevor...
Factory grows with Pakenham
IT IS commonly agreed that Pakenham would not be the suburb it is today without the influence of the Raleigh/Nestle/Gippsland Food factory.
The Raleigh Preserve...
Leading by example
NOT many teenage girls would jump at the chance to shave their heads, but two Emerald Secondary College students are leading their peers by...
When all else fails
ON THE back of failed bushfire plans, Cardinia Shire Council has named three locations as the potential sites for neighbourhood safer places and they...
Forum hears of support entitlement
BEACONSFIELD Neighbourhood Centre was filled to overflowing for Monday’s National Disability Insurance Scheme forum.
Senator Jan McLucas, Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities and Carers, joined La...
Abbott drops in
THE Federal Opposition Leader made a flying visit to Beaconsfield yesterday, but local issues took a backseat.
Tony Abbott stopped for morning tea at a...
Traders want fresh blood
PAKENHAM Business Group (PBG) is set for a changing of the guard, as long-standing committee members leave and fresh blood moves in.
Four of the...
Life force
THE 441 people who took turns circling the Pakenham oval on Friday night and Saturday morning were united for a common cause, but each...
Crash course
Fatality at is "only a matter of time" ...
MOST drivers know to give way to the right at a roundabout - but it is...
Footy star Sam hams it up
Sam Newman was a welcome visitor to Pakenham on Tuesday.
Eager shoppers gathered along Main Street as The Footy Show larrikin walked up and down...
Up with the best
TWENTY junior fire-fighters impressed at the 2013 Volunteer Fire Brigades Victoria (VFBV) Urban Junior Championships.
Pakenham CFA and Kooweerup CFA entered teams into the event,...
Collision blocks highway
A MAN was airlifted to hospital following a two-car collision in Pakenham that caused traffic chaos on Saturday evening.
Police believe the collision occurred at...
Cheers to Shane after spectacular 139 peg-out
It was another fantastic night at the oche in the South West Gippsland Dart League with some familiar faces right on target in the...
