Buyer competition for smaller yard
NUMBERS at VLE Pakenham were down on two weeks ago, which resulted in solid competition across most categories of cattle yarded.
Most of the...
President welcomed back
THE usual number turned up for Berwick Senior Citizens meeting on 23 April.
Members were glad to welcome back their president Isabella Price, and...
Search for cure
By Casey NeillEMERALD woman Meike Hammond watched her husband of 20 years become trapped in his own body in a slow and frustrating death.
She’s...
Quartet give HELPing hands
By Melissa MeehanFOUR young minds are taking the world by storm.
The HELP (Helping Endangered Leadbeater’s Possums) team will not only present their year-long...
Rates up 6.9%
By Melissa MeehanRESIDENTS will foot the bill for Cardinia Shire’s spending spree in 2010/11, faced with another large rate rise in the draft budget....
Puffing against Billy
By MaraMORE than 3000 people steamed alongside Puffing Billy for the 2010 Great Race.
People of all ages took on the train for the 29th...
Teddy’s picnic
IF you go down to the woods on Saturday, you’re in for a big surprise: a Teddy Bears’ Picnic.
It will be held at Berwick’s...
Greens man
By Melissa MeehanWhile not officially endorsed as the candidate for Bass, Mr Rankine says he would provide an obvious change from both the Labor...
Society on parade
THE next Berwick Pakenham Historical Society meeting will be held on Friday 7 May at 8pm.
The speaker will be Bernie Dingle of the...
Hearing adjourned
COUNCILLOR and local cop Stuart Halligan will face court next month, after his hearing was again adjourned this week.
Cr Halligan will face 11...
Kids meet Abbott
By Jade LawtonTONY Abbott was faced with two media packs at Berwick Lodge Primary School this week.
While the national media grilled him on...
High home insurance hitting households in Yarra Ranges and Maroondah
Insurance prices are a hot topic ahead of election time and new analysis has indicated home insurance prices in the Outer East might be...
