Rita, the reliever
By BEN CAMERON
She was known as the “town reliever”.
Over 65 years living in Kooweerup, Rita Mathews worked at the butchers, the newsagency, the bakers,...
Scouts do their best
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
WITH more than 200 years of service between them, local Scouts members were commended for their dedication to the community at an...
Building futures
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
ENVIRONMENTAL sustainability and youth care have come together in an innovative new project at the Kooweerup Community House.
The group is in the...
Ain’t got no love
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
Maintenance shortfall has led to tennis courts danger ban...
JUNIOR tennis players have been banned from competing on the Harkaway Tennis Club...
Kilometres for cancer research
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
FOR her 50th birthday, Marianna Barker got a bike.
While she uses it to stay fit and healthy, she is also clocking up...
Vicious park assault
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
A MAN has been left with multiple fractures to his jaw after he was seriously assaulted at a notoriously dangerous park in...
Eyes on Ross’s seat
By BEN CAMERON
THREE failed candidates for Cardinia Shire’s Central Ward would accept Cr Collin Ross’s place if he claims the state seat of Gembrook...
Community space for Lang Lang
By BEN CAMERON
AN IMPORTANT volunteer emergency service in Lang Lang will have a permanent home after a 36 hectare piece of farmland was...
‘Draconian’ law
By BEN CAMERON
Cardinia Shire proposal to rid dog off-leash areas slammed...
THE Cardinia Dog Group has called a Cardinia Shire proposal to remove five off-leash...
Workers with ability
By BEN CAMERON
OPEN your mind and think outside the square when it comes to the possibility of employing people with a disability.
That was a...
Icon soon a memorial site
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
A BUILDING that provided shelter to locals during the Ash Wednesday fires in Cockatoo is soon to become a memorial site.
Cardinia Shire...
Biggest road blitz
By JESSE GRAHAM
YARRA Valley residents heading to the Grand Final this weekend have been warned to slow down, be patient, and keep a designated...
Dumped rubbish costing ratepayers hundreds of thousands
Illegally dumped rubbish is costing Cardinia Shire ratepayers almost $500k a year as costs have significantly soared since 2020.
During 2020-21, the cost to council...
