Primary fun and frolic
STUDENTS at Bunyip Primary School swapped school uniforms for something with extra colour last Tuesday. Harry Potter, Captain Underpants, Where’s Wally and The Cat...
Community solidarity against violence
By DANIELLE GALVIN
WHEN Main Street Pakenham is quiet on a Saturday morning, something special is happening.
It was sombre, but the sentiment was strong. It...
Precious teen lives
By NICOLE WILLIAMS
A BEACONSFIELD mum is fronting a parent movement to empower local youth after her family was touched by three teen suicides.
Sally Webber...
Runaway marriage carriage
By NICOLE WILLIAMS
LOVE and marriage may go together like a horse and carriage, but they were almost the end of one Pakenham man’s plans...
Generation iPod is lost in … Their own world
By DANIELLE GALVIN
MORE than one year on from her son’s tragic death, Helan Belton says she is still horrified by the sight of local...
Industrial hoons on notice
By DANIELLE GALVIN
HOONS tearing up streets in the industrial estates in Pakenham are on notice.
Cardinia Highway Patrol has signalled that hooning, burn-outs and reckless...
Image released of wanted man
HOMICIDE Squad detectives are appealing to the public after releasing an image of a man they wish to speak to about the murder of...
Driver’s lasting impact
By DANIELLE GALVIN
A CAR that veered off the road at high speeds and rammed into the front fence of a Kooweerup business is sitting...
Crash can’t stop Croc’s party
By NICOLE WILLIAMS
NOTHING will stop the party at Pakenham’s Croc’s Play Centre.
Despite a car driving through the centre on Saturday, it was open for...
Untimely death of Pancakes
By DANIELLE GALVIN
THE death of their beloved pet rabbit Pancakes on Friday night has led one Pakenham couple to renew calls for dog owners...
Stick together
By DANIELLE GALVIN
TWO teen suicides in four weeks have prompted a student-led sticky note blitz on lockers to reassure their peers that they are...
Healthy competition
By DANIELLE GALVIN
AN allied health services precinct to rival the Monash Hospital is in the sights of Cardinia Shire CEO Garry McQuillan.
At his annual...
‘Teen sentencing’ plan splits community
Victoria’s escalating youth crime crisis is back in focus after Premier Jacinta Allan announced sweeping reforms that could see children who commit violent crimes...
