Foundation for grants
ARTS, environment and community organisations can apply for a helping hand through the Casey Cardinia Foundation's Springs Grants Program.
Established in 2003, the Casey Cardinia...
Support for strong spirit
By LIA SPENCER
A FREAK accident may have left Rick Crowe a quadriplegic but it couldn’t break his fighting spirit.
The 39-year-old Pakenham resident has maintained...
Aiming for biodiversity
By DANIELLE GALVIN
A GROUP of dedicated volunteers meet each week at the Westernport Indigenous Nursery (WIN) in Tynong.
Nursery manager Adele Richardson says the nursery...
Worker betrays family
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS
Strap: Jailed over $780,000 theft ...
A PAKENHAM woman whose best friend stole $780,000 from her family building company remains haunted by the...
Freeway may shoulder extra lane
By CASEY NEILL
A BEACONSFIELD man got the ball rolling on a study into extra lanes for the Monash Freeway announced last week.
Angelo D’Amelio presented...
Libraries to get top shelf support
THE future of the Casey-Cardinia Library Corporation (CCLC) was enhanced after it secured ongoing funding.
The corporation will continue to receive support from the State...
Sapphire shock is happy surprise
By CASEY NEILL
OUTGOING president Bruce Thomas was shocked to receive a sapphire for his Paul Harris Fellow pin at Rotary Club of Kooweerup-Lang Lang’s...
Evergreen models
EVERGREEN Retirement Village residents modelled fashions for a cause last Thursday.
A group called The Golden Girls visited the Pakenham village to raise money for...
Toby won’t come home
By BEN CAMERON
DESPITE a great community response, distributed flyers, door-knocking and several reported sightings of lost pooch Toby, the seven-year-old terrier cross remains...
Free on the floor
For Sudanese-born Lado Alphonse, representing the green and gold of his new home country under the bright lights of the international sporting stage would...
Sally’s big arse plates are OK
By BRIDGET SCOTT
WHILE Upper Beaconsfield trader Sally from the Tradies and Ladies Cafe still awaits her signage to be approved, she was stunned to...
One big ambulance
By BRIDGET SCOTT
A PAKENHAM bus became an improvised ambulance for a young girl last month.
The wheels on Martin Fletcher's bus went round and round,...
Early knock-off for Hawks
Drouin (110) will head into a challenging last month of its season with some real impetus after the rampant Hawks demolished Trafalgar (52) with...
