Family’s toxic fears hit home
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
A YOUNG Pakenham family fear for their long-term health after discovering their brand new home was built on a toxic waste dump.
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Basking in Bass Labor swing
By BEN CAMERON
LABOR candidate for Bass Sanjay Nathan is ecstatic with a stronger than expected swing back to his party, despite Brian Paynter claiming...
Ice plague hits the streets
By LIA SPENCER
THE ICE epidemic has hit “plague proportions” according to Cardinia Shire’s top cop.
Senior Sergeant Trevor Teer has called on collaborative community action...
Galactic green to cosmic white
By BEN CAMERON
THERE is scope for Mount Burnett Observatory to install a planetarium in coming years following $16000 worth of upgrades.
Formerly owned by Monash...
Journeys through the lens
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
THURSDAY afternoons are Cain Ludcecke and Claire Wilson’s favourite time of the week, as they jump in the car for a two-hour...
‘homicide’ label hurts
By BEN CAMERON
THE KOOWEERUP Township Committee is irate with a News Limited article which, they believe, has misrepresented the town.
The article, printed last Monday,...
Traders sent packing
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
IT’S the end of an era for a handful of Berwick traders who have been forced to close their doors to make...
Pint-sized nan is feeling good
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
A PAKENHAM grandmother who recently won a nation-wide health improvement award said she can’t remember the last time she felt so good.
Judy...
Libs hang on
By DANNY BUTTLER
Government power blown away but...
BASS, Gembrook and Narracan remain in Liberal hands despite Labor‘s comprehensive victory in Saturday‘s state election.
Brian Paynter was...
Liberal celebrations dampened
By GARRY HOWE
IT was a celebration of sorts, but not the one they had hoped for.
Liberal supporters were a bit sombre as they gathered...
Pakenham wakes with a jolt
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS
HUNDREDS of residents have been shaken this morning by the largest earth tremor to strike Pakenham in the past 50 years.
Geoscience Australia...
Looking Back
By BEN CAMERON
30 years to 1984:
ALTHOUGH six fire units and more than 50 men battled for nearly two hours, Berwick football club...
Hit to helmet proves costly
**Just when you thought the Premier relegation battle between DEVON MEADOWS and UPPER BEACONSFIELD couldn't get any closer, there was an odd moment towards...
