Up to the challenge
THE beginning of a new year is a time for resolutions and making plans - but it’s also a time for reflection.
In many ways...
Police hunt night stalker
PAKENHAM police are calling on the public to help identify a peeping tom.
A man has been spotted in backyards and on properties in the...
A hardy career
By NICOLE WILLIAMS
MANY long-term Pakenham residents could remember the growth and change of the Hardy’s business throughout the years.
But John McCraw has been at...
Historic train carriage burned out
By DANIELLE GALVIN
AN HISTORICAL Puffing Billy train carriage has been seriously damaged in a suspicious fire on Friday evening.
The fire started in a restored...
Fresh facilities for eyesore park
By NICOLE WILLIAMS
THE make-over of Pakenham’s eyesore is well underway.
The Southern Metropolitan Justice Reference Group met in Pakenham on Friday morning and were briefed...
Gas rises hit drivers
By NICOLE WILLIAMS
SKYROCKETING gas prices are putting local residents under the pump at the bowser.
LPG prices have jumped by 20 cents per litre in...
Random assaults
By DANIELLE GALVIN
A NINE-YEAR-OLD boy was threatened by a young man wielding a pocket knife at a park in one of two assaults in...
Graffiti gets one big thumbs down
By DANIELLE GALVIN
NEW legislative powers will force small businesses to keep their spray cans hidden or face prosecution under a radical campaign to stamp...
Picnic races a thing of the past?
By DAVID NAGEL
PAKENHAM Picnic Racing Club and its iconic New Year’s Day race meeting will both cease to exist unless the local community rallies...
Festive obsession switches on
By RUSSELL BENNETT
PETER and Marylin Siegman’s Christmas obsession has taken hold once again.
The Emerald retirees have added even more to their already astonishing lights...
Gear up for fire season
By DANIELLE GALVIN AND BRIDGET SCOTT
FIRE crews across Cardinia are getting ready for the bushfire season and encouraging residents to be vigilant.
As local brigades...
Women targetted in attacks
By DANIELLE GALVIN
THE hunt is on for three men after two attacks on women and one indecent exposure in Pakenham.
It comes just two weeks...
Local council mayoral election approaches
Casey Mayor Stefan Koomen appears to be the only councillor publicly putting up their hand for next week’s mayoral election.
The City of Casey will...
