Volunteers’ silver do backed
By LACHLAN MOORHEAD
OUTLOOK will again throw its weight behind National Volunteer Week later this month as it celbrates the initiative’s 25th birthday.
The Pakenham-based community...
Time for hard decisions
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS
DWELLING in the lush Cockatoo bushland, Ian Robins is a world away from the responsibilities of steering a growth-areas council.
As chief executive...
Ratepayers tell council of their struggles
By BRIDGET SCOTT
RESIDENTS at a Cardinia Shire Council information session last week told officers that they were unhappy with rate rises.
About eight residents turned...
Gutted over chopped trees
By DANIELLE GALVIN
"OFFICER has had its guts totally ripped out."
Long-time Officer residents have told of their dismay as they watched trees along the Princes...
School hopes for upgrade cash
By DANIELLE GALVIN
AN $8.5 million investment in Kooweerup Secondary College would finish the school’s refurbishment - one of the biggest building projects the town...
Man hit by bypass truck
A MAN in his 30s is in critical condition after he stepped out of his car on the Pakenham Bypass and was hit by...
Badly injured in smash
By BRIDGET SCOTT
A MAN and woman are in a critical condition following a head-on collision on the Old Princes Highway in Officer this morning (Wednesday).
A 43-year-old...
Small businesses come to life
By DANIELLE GALVIN
A BUSINESS exposition run by the Lakeside Community Development Forum (LCDF) could reinvigorate a Pakenham business group for local traders.
The event will...
Council bid to buy cop shop
By DANIELLE GALVIN
THE old Emerald Police Station in the heart of town could be turned into a community hub if Cardinia Shire Council buys...
Love as solid as diamonds
By BRIDGET SCOTT
BRYAN Mitchell wasn’t so lucky when he first asked his future wife to dance at the Belgrave dance many years ago.
According to...
Crime crushers
By BRIDGET SCOTT
AFTER being the recent target for thieves, the Cyril Molyneux Reserve in Berwick has received a $22,000 grant to put a stop...
Tiger tie-up
By DANIELLE GALVIN
RICHMOND Football Club and Cardinia Shire Council have signed a historic agreement which will see the AFL giant become an integral part...
Eagles on the board with thrilling win
Coomoora and HSD were the only two teams to score more than 200 runs in round 3 of the Dandenong District Cricket Association (DDCA)...
