Water gives the winning edge
INCENTIVE funding co-ordinated by the Department of Primary Industries (DPI) and West Gippsland CMA helped two Gippsland farming families win recent regional water use...
Santa on the street
RAIN and an overcast sky didn't stop Santa Claus from touring Pakenham on Saturday.
Santa was in town with his friends Rosa Santo of...
Good kids all round
Pakenham Leading Senior Constable Cathy Emmett with Kayne, Dylan-Jack (from Pakenham Secondary College), Ashleigh, Sarah, Peter and Leading Senior Constable Helen Marshen.By Nicole WilliamsFIVE...
Cans roll in
By Nicole WilliamsAfter raising close to $600 from barbecues held during the year, students suggested food fund-raisers to help fill Christmas hampers.
Knowing that 4Cs...
A vehicle for voice
AS 2010 draws to a close, I wish to express my thanks for a local newspaper that keeps residents of Cardinia informed on issues...
House full before break-up
DESPITE the heavy rainfalls suffered in other parts of the state, Berwick had no troubles in that connection.
Consequently, a full muster of Berwick...
Fake cheques cashed
By Jade LawtonPOLICE have confiscated bogus travellers cheques presented to post offices in Pakenham, Fountain Gate and Dandenong.
Detective-Sergeant Phil Jury, from Pakenham's Criminal Investigation...
Nurseries clean up at awards
- Nicole WilliamsTWO local nurseries have taken out big awards in the Nursery and Garden Industry Awards.
Tynong's Greenhills Propagation Nursery received the Best Environmental...
Visitors to throng farm world
MORE than 50,000 visitors to the 2011 Lardner Park Farm World will be seeing the Department of Primary Industries (DPI) displaying some of the...
Community Christmas
Pakenham Discounts owner Terry Baldwin, front, is promoting the free Cardinia Community Christmas lunch along with Rotary Club of Pakenham president, Graham Tudge, Bendigo...
Share farming: the way ahead
DAIRY owners and potential share farmers now have easy access to the information they need when considering entering a share farming arrangement.
Program manager Dr...
Out for justice
By Jade LawtonTHE mother of slain Pakenham teenager Cameron Lowe wants to ensure no family goes through the hell she endured after her son...
Heartfelt farewell for Levi
More than 500 people gathered around the coffin of 16-year-old Levi Syer, struggling to comprehend how a deadly disease could cut the life of...
