No lucky
By Melissa MeehanCouncillors last week refused a planning application to open a bingo centre in Bald Hill Road, citing parking issues as the main...
Aptly-named and open
LIVING and Learning Pakenham is up and running - with the new centre open for business.
In August last year, the Federal...
Poster girl Lavinia
By Jade Lawton LOCAL diabetes crusader Lavinia Martin celebrated a win this week.
The eight-year-old from Upper Beaconsfield has become a poster child for...
Cop shop block
KOOWEERUP’S new police station has hit a roadblock, with a fight over who is responsible for sealing Icke Road.
Sergeant Kevin Iles told the...
Hot market, cold homes
THE recent cold snap has left many Cardinia Shire renters freezing, while the competition for rental properties stays red hot.
“In the hottest...
Libs, businesses and clubs hit liquor fee hike
LOCAL sporting groups and businesses say liquor licence fees could cripple clubs and small stores.
Emerald Football Netball Club senior vice-president Ross Macumber, sports club...
Bunnings can fix it
- Bridget CookBUNNINGS Warehouse Pakenham took to Nar Nar Goon Primary School’s front garden last week to transform it from a muddy mess.
Six Bunnings...
‘Mongrel’ acts earn jail
By Mara Pattison - Sowden A WOMAN has been jailed for stealing charity money from bushfire appeal tins across the Yarra...
Hospital pledge
WARRAGUL’S West Gippsland Hospital would get a $2 million cash injection under a Coalition State Government.
Leader of the Victorian Liberal Nationals Coalition, Ted...
Kent the new Light
By Jim MynardSTEPHEN Kent was elected president of the Lang Lang Pastoral, Agricultural and Horticultural Society during the society’s annual meeting and dinner in...
Robots take charge
ROBOTS and cows were the theme of June as l5 members of the Probus Club of Pakenham pooled cars and visited the Robotic Dairy...
Seven decades of love
By Jade LawtonSeventy years later, the world is a different place – but Peggy and Noel are still going strong. The couple celebrated their...
Six locals set for Academy
Four Dandenong Stingrays and two Gippsland Power players have been included in the 2026 AFL/W Academies.
The Stingrays are the equal most-represented club in the...
