Shot down airline loss leaves words failing
By RUSSELL BENNETT
IF it happens to someone you know, it can definitely happen to someone you love.
I haven’t had a conversation with Liam Davison...
Saints enter the scene
By RUSSELL BENNETT
THE greatest strength of Australia’s national game is its ability to bring people together - to feel a part of something, to...
Cardinia’s cool
By LIA SPENCER
PAKENHAM has scored a major sporting coup with a $6 million ice rink planned for Bald Hill Road.
If approved by Cardinia Shire,...
Show agrees to Yakkerboo ties
By BEN CAMERON
THE Pakenham and District Agricultural and Horticultural Show Society has proposed closer ties with the Yakkerboo Festival despite rejecting ideas of a...
Station upgrade strengthens ties
By BRIDGET SCOTT
THERE will be a new face around the traps of Emerald as part of the recent upgrades to the local police station.
Senior...
Time to honour them
By BRIDGET SCOTT
A PAKENHAM Upper resident says it's time for Vietnam veterans to be recognised by their local RSL.
David Shelton said he submitted his...
Campaign to return medals
By BRIDGET SCOTT
A KOOWEERUP man is on a mad search to find the owner of three war medals.
Phillip Jones has had three medals from...
4Cs shares the care
By BRIDGET SCOTT
MEMBERS from a major not-for-profit organisation in Pakenham have urged Cardinia Shire residents to take advantage of their services.
Operations manager of the...
Concern over quarry use
By BEN CAMERON
GARFIELD, Bunyip and Tonimbuk residents fear a stone quarry planned for the former Tonimbuk Equestrian Centre will create significant environmental problems.
The Mt...
Call to fight hoon hordes
By BEN CAMERON
A PAKENHAM businessman has called on police to take action against out-of-control late night hoons in an industrial area in Bate Close.
The...
Clematis CFA says tanks
By BEN CAMERON
FACING an increasing number of call-outs, the Clematis Fire Brigade has welcomed a timely $100,000 Volunteer Emergency Services Equipment Program grant towards...
Firefighter for 76 years
By RUSSELL BENNETT
LIKE most volunteers, Duncan Holman doesn’t think his time as a firefighter was anything too flash. He just wanted to help people...
Child safety breaches ends Funtastic Gymnastics
Child safety allegations against a part-owner have prompted the abrupt closure of the popular Funtastic Gymnastics in Berwick, with the governing body continuing its...
