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...
Candidates give a diluted display
By RUSSELL BENNETT
A LACK of any real focus on local issues marred a political forum last week at Emerald Secondary College.
A number of La...
Carlos proud to be Australian
Carlos Loyola, a 63-year-old Order of Australia medalist, started the Doveton Special Soccer School 20-years-ago this year, but he’s not interested in slowing down...
Pledge to halt the violence
By BRIDGET SCOTT
LAST week, a room full of men took a pledge, a pledge which would see them dedicate their time to improving the...
Brett Owen wins fourth term as mayor, Roberts to serve as...
Cardinia Shire Council has a new mayor, Cr Brett Owen, who begins his fourth term in the top job after winning the closest mayoral...
