Peter’s job is all heart
By CASEY NEILL
PAKENHAM paramedic Peter Simpson found himself on the other side of a medical emergency less than a year ago.
The 56-year-old was on...
‘Slow down’ drilled in
By DANIELLE GALVIN
PAKENHAM’S Road Rescue Unit members are urging drivers to slow down and take care on the roads after seven serious crashes in...
Rate rise to reduce
By GARRY HOWE
A BID by maverick councillor Collin Ross to limit any rate increase to CPI plus 1 per cent has been labelled unworkable...
Grand finale before retirement
By BRIDGET SCOTT
THE retiring owner of the Beaconsfield Mower and Tractor Centre said he couldn’t have asked for a better outcome for his auction...
Green kits to greet premmies
THOSE babies who just couldn’t wait to see the world were celebrated at St John of God Hospital in Berwick on Wednesday 9 April.
Fourteen...
Graffiti grips town
By GARRY HOWE
CARDINIA councillors concede that graffiti has become so bad, particularly in Pakenham, that it is contributing to a feeling of unease over...
Warning after knife robbery at park
By DANIELLE GALVIN
A PAKENHAM mum says her 17-year-old son is terrified to leave the house after he was threatened with a knife at Bourke...
Swinging into accident action
By CASEY NEILL
A BIG brother rushed to his trapped sibling’s aid at a Pakenham playground on Monday morning.
Denver, 12, ran from PB Ronald Reserve...
Opportunity costs
By GARRY HOWE
BORROWING $20 million to purchase the new Cardinia Civic Centre in Officer has taken the shire’s debt level to a peak of...
Bad noise
THE Victorian Labor Opposition has been making a lot of noise recently about funding cuts to Victoria’s hospitals.
Daniel Andrews should be embarrassed because the...
No jokes on smokes
THE majority of smokers take up the habit as teenagers. That’s why Cardinia Shire Council is to be congratulated for prosecuting a local retailer...
Hall has it all
At first light each Anzac Day up to 1000 residents rise from their beds and march by lantern-light through the streets of Kooweerup to...
Labor select former library CEO for Bass
The Labor Party has selected a local executive who is no stranger to politics, Chris Buckingham, to lead its attempt to retain the most...
