Opportunity knocks
IT WAS a trip down memory lane for Pakenham Op Shop committee members past and present last week - some of whom were around...
Disability support will be a lifechanger
THE National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) passed through both houses of Federal Parliament last week in a move touted as the biggest social change...
Charity cash for chemo chair
By NICOLE WILLIAMS
THREE worthy beneficiaries shared in $13,000 from funds raised at the 2012 Rotary Club of Berwick Business Dinner. Members and guests gathered...
Noah inspires flood of support
By NICOLE WILLIAMS
WHEN seven-year-old Noah Cosgriff visited the city in December, he was upset by the number of homeless people he saw.
After giving his...
Ride-on rides off
By DANIELLE GALVIN
A RIDE-ON lawnmower chained to a tree on a nature strip in Pakenham has been stolen - and its owners say they...
Sweet tears and memories
By NICOLE WILLIAMS
TEARS, laughter and memories were the order of the day in Nar Nar Goon when past and present workers of the Nestle...
Banca’s Cup, Branca’s fashion
By DANIELLE GALVIN
BANCA Mo might have stolen the lead in a spectacular win at the Pakenham Cup on Sunday but Cranbourne North’s Rebecca Branca...
Macumbers brave the shave
By DANIELLE GALVIN
IT WAS a family affair in Bayles recently when a mother-daughter team from Pakenham shaved their heads for the World’s Greatest Shave.
Melissa...
Scouts recruit
THE Kooweerup Scouting community is looking for leaders and parents in the community. Group leader June Wright said there was always room for more...
Kind to kindergarten
A PAKENHAM kindergarten is fighting back against “bored teenagers” who have made the centre the most vandalised public building in the shire.
Kate Thompson...
Treatments closer to home
CANCER patients will be saved long journeys for chemotherapy treatments when St John of God Berwick opens a day oncology service.
Hospital CEO Lisa Norman...
Team calls for volunteer response
By DANIELLE GALVIN
A GROUP of lifesavers in Lang Lang is calling for more members to better service the swamp.
Rosie Keane is the team leader...
Pakenham MP leads assisted dying laws change
Pakenham MP Emma Vulin is helping lead a push to reform Voluntary Assisted Dying laws in an effort to provide suffers of terminal illness...
