Gate open to danger
By DANIELLE GALVIN
A VANDALISED metal gate with broken chains has unlocked a world of hurt for Pakenham mother Nicole Newman.
Five years ago when she...
Kids service turns 21
IN 1992 St Margaret’s College teachers Marilyn Kelly and Penny Ntai started offering an early learning program.
Twenty-one years later the program is known as...
Berwick’s road to ruin
By NICOLE WILLIAMS
IT’S Christmas time and Berwick Village traders are battling roadworks again.
Just weeks before the Christmas trading period heats up, traders were notified...
Kmart tops shopping list
By DANIELLE GALVIN
ALL a group of Pakenham mums want for Christmas is the promise of a Kmart in their town.
Mum-of-two Rhyanon Sanders created a...
Walking paths inundated
By NICOLE WILLIAMS
WETLANDS are often a selling point for new estate, but one Officer estate is taking it to the extreme.
Residents are concerned that...
Two men hospitalised
EMERGENCY crews conveyed two men from Pakenham to Dandenong Hospital yesterday.
At about 2.30pm, police were called to a Leigh Drive house and a resident...
Staying young at heart
By BRIDGET SCOTT
CO-ORDINATORS of a group which offers education for the community's elderly citizens hopes more volunteers will come forward to sustain the future...
Cam crime draws a blank
A NUMBER of discs with CCTV footage have been posted to Pakenham police with no identifiers or labels.
Senior Sergeant Trevor Vondrasek said while it...
United we stand
By DANIELLE GALVIN
REMAINING silent in the face of the "shameful scourge" of family violence is no longer an option - with community leaders taking...
Laughter is family’s medicine
By DANIELLE GALVIN
THE Roberts family motto, 'live, laugh, love’ has a particularly special meaning.
After a three-year battle with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, Philip Roberts has...
Life saving action leads to award
By DANIELLE GALVIN
IN THE words of legendary Hawthorn coach John Kennedy, recipients of the Ambulance Victoria Community Hero awards took on his most famous...
Dob in fire dangers
By NICOLE WILLIAMS
THE region’s top firefighter is urging people to prepare for the fire season, and dob in their neighbours if they don’t.
District 8...
Catani hot streak continues
Catani remains undefeated in the Warragul and District Cricket Association competition, defeating Trafalgar by 73 runs on Saturday.
The surprise packet of the four one-day...
