Reunion recalls golden days
IT WAS a night of laughter, recollection and reconnecting with former classmates from Pakenham Consolidated School.
Former students and teachers from Grade 6 celebrated in...
Big goal for netball
By DANIELLE GALVIN
A NETBALL pavilion at the Holm Park Reserve will bring netballers "out of the dark ages" after a decision at a Cardinia...
Sickening sight a mystery
By DANIELLE GALVIN
A FRENZIED attack on 20 sheep on a Bunyip property before New Year’s Eve has renewed calls to secure farm animals from...
Bundle of New Year joy
BABY Mason may be the sixth child for Colin and Rebecca Ferguson but his arrival was extra special.
The Drouin bub was the first baby...
The burning question
By DANIELLE GALVIN
BURNING off on Sundays is expected to continue in the hills towns despite a formal adoption of the Open Air Burning Policy...
Up to the challenge
THE beginning of a new year is a time for resolutions and making plans - but it’s also a time for reflection.
In many ways...
Police hunt night stalker
PAKENHAM police are calling on the public to help identify a peeping tom.
A man has been spotted in backyards and on properties in the...
A hardy career
By NICOLE WILLIAMS
MANY long-term Pakenham residents could remember the growth and change of the Hardy’s business throughout the years.
But John McCraw has been at...
Historic train carriage burned out
By DANIELLE GALVIN
AN HISTORICAL Puffing Billy train carriage has been seriously damaged in a suspicious fire on Friday evening.
The fire started in a restored...
Fresh facilities for eyesore park
By NICOLE WILLIAMS
THE make-over of Pakenham’s eyesore is well underway.
The Southern Metropolitan Justice Reference Group met in Pakenham on Friday morning and were briefed...
Gas rises hit drivers
By NICOLE WILLIAMS
SKYROCKETING gas prices are putting local residents under the pump at the bowser.
LPG prices have jumped by 20 cents per litre in...
Random assaults
By DANIELLE GALVIN
A NINE-YEAR-OLD boy was threatened by a young man wielding a pocket knife at a park in one of two assaults in...
Groups mark down Collins’ legacy
Community groups have congratulated City of Casey planning director James Collins on his appointment as the new CEO of Cardinia Shire Council, though many...
