Grow house bust
By Aneeka Simonis
A MAN busted over a highly-sophisticated commercial cannabis growing operation in Pakenham during a property housing inspection has been sentenced to jail.
Van...
Busy bees join the club
By Alana Mitchelson
BERWICK students have formed a beekeeping club to learn about the vital role of bees in the ecosystem.
St Margaret’s School’s beekeeping project...
Cat’s two-year odyssey
By Alana Mitchelson
A PAKENHAM family has been reunited with its long-lost cat, Tucker, after two long years of fearing the worst.
Ashlee Carey had been...
Students extend their art skills
NAR Nar Goon Primary School held an art show on Wednesday 7 September.
Students from the school worked all year to create a variety of...
Kooweerup crime spree
By Alana Mitchelson
A CLUSTER of burglaries at Kooweerup businesses last week has sparked police concern.
Most recently a pair of thieves broke into the Royal...
Violence of money
By Aneeka Simonis
WOMEN under the stranglehold of a money-controlling abuser will soon have access to violence-trained financial counsellors.
High rates of reported family violence in...
Sherman seeks council seat
By Aneeka Simonis
HE promises to be a new voice for Pakenham.
And council hopeful Richard Sherman, 56, has the backing of a much older...
Jump is in the swim
By Alana Mitchelson
A PAKENHAM swim school has drafted a new formula for Australia’s next generation of Olympic swim stars, starting them as young as...
1000 trees for the future
By Alana Mitchelson
SOME 1000 trees were planted in Pakenham recently.
Residents were encouraged to join Cardinia Shire Council staff in planting trees along Toomuc Creek...
Lawn bowls with a community feel
By Aneeka Simonis
ONCE considered a sport for grandparents, lawn bowls now has a growing following of young people including Pakenham Secondary College student.
On Tuesday...
Dash to save ducklings
By Alana Mitchelson
A NEW Pakenham family has helped rescue 10 ducklings and a mother duck after a car scare dispersed the startled birds in...
Funding farmers or milking them dry?
By Casey Neill
A NEW Gippsland milk provider has questioned how much farmers will actually benefit from a new Coles Famers' Fund.
The supermarket chain announced...
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