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Big help

SMALL business is on the road in Pakenham. A program of Small Business Victoria, the Mobile Business Centre, will deliver more than 250 mentoring...

One fell out

Left: Labor’s Laura Smyth, right, was able to take the seat of La Trobe with the support of visiting bigwigs PM Julia Gillard, left,...

John

Upon walking into John Shiels’ home, he directs us to two couches in what he describes as his “favourite room” of the house. The room...

Hoon behind bars

By Mara Pattison-SowdenRingwood Magistrates’ Court heard that Jamie Alex Tabone, 23, had a previously-undiagnosed brain injury received when Tabone crashed his car into a...

A bear in there

By Jade LawtonA TEDDY bear called Ted is helping Berwick’s Maryanne Harrison spread her message of tolerance and respect. Ted, whose name stands for...

Home fire:

WARRAGUL detectives are investigating a rural property fire where three people were lucky to escape serious injury. Emergency services were called to the...

Spring opens

PAKENHAM Garden Club will be holding its annual Garden Expo at Pakenham Racecourse on Saturday 4 September from 9am to 2pm. Many new stalls will...

Bright and breezy song session

FIRST, we must apologise for last week’s report of the Berwick Senior Citizens Club meeting. It was an excellent report of one of...

Race to find king or queen

By Melissa MeehanDOES someone at your netball or football club have what it takes to be the Star News Group’s King or Queen at...

Our real obligation

THE reasons why governments want overseas processing for refugee boat arrivals are not (as announced) to deprive people-smugglers of victims. They are the following,...

With both eyes open

By Jade LawtonBERWICK now has bi-partisan support for Closed Circuit Television Cameras (CCTV), with La Trobe’s Labor and Liberal candidates both promising cash for...

Council website gets a facelift

CARDINIA Shire Council is upgrading its website to make it easier to navigate and more accessible. As well as giving the site a new, fresher...

Kangaroo slaughter stirs call for action

The business of Pakenham’s Robert Portbury is centred around building roads, but the kangaroo killing field of Pakenham Road has become so severe that...

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