Yabbies excellent de fence
By RUSSELL BENNETT
IT’S often said that the colour white symbolises a new beginning.
That’s exactly what both the Pakenham Upper-Toomuc Cricket Club, and recreation reserve...
Generosity repaid
By BRIDGET SCOTT
Sister shows forged in mercy
AN ACT of generosity 20 years ago still rings clear at the Berwick Show.
People at the event last...
Kids in the kitchen
THE Cardinia Shire is cooking up some future chefs who are soon be masters in the kitchen.
The council is offering young people the chance...
Saved by ’angels’
By DANIELLE GALVIN
ON THE way to Dandenong Hospital last week, Pakenham dad Trevor Harwood had two life-saving angels to keep him safe.
With an accident...
Court cools ice use
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS
SPECIALISTS are struggling to find effective treatments for “epidemic” levels of the illicit stimulant drug ‘ice’, says the magistrate at the south-eastern-based...
Drug court cleans up
IT’S strange to see a magistrate lead a courtroom in a warm round of applause for a convicted criminal.
Stranger still for the judge to...
Focus on ovarian cancer
By BRIDGET SCOTT
AMBASSADOR for Ovarian Cancer Australia Kristy Rosie’s sister already had fourth stage ovarian cancer before she was diagnosed with the silent killer.
It...
Taxi rank shift for traffic
By BRIDGET SCOTT
AN underutilised taxi rank on the median strip in High Street, Berwick, will soon be moved.
Manager of Community Safety for the City...
Watch out for new members
By DANIELLE GALVIN
NEIGHBOURHOOD Watch is an important lifeline and resource in any community - and Pakenham police want help.
Acting Senior Sergeant Nathan Prowd is...
Rally to honour Maddison
By LACHLAN MOORHEAD
NO LONGER wanting to stay silent in the shadow of their childhood friend’s death, two 20-year-old girls are speaking out against domestic...
Safety upgrades will ease traffic
By BRIDGET SCOTT
A MULTI-MILLION dollar project and first for the City of Casey was officially opened after a "hell of a fight," according to...
Bub’s bib seals marriage deal
By DANIELLE GALVIN
BENTLEIGH bub Samuel Caldwell had a role to play in his dad’s proposal at Berwick's St John of God Hospital last week.
When...
Greater horror: southeast firefighters face the fire beast
Victoria is battling major blazes as catastrophic fire danger unleashes a fierce, fast-moving threat across multiple districts, forcing southeast brigades into the fight.
Hundreds of...
