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Two-way vegie project

BRIDGING the divide between research and practice was the theme of the day during the launch of a new Growing Vegetable Businesses project. Growing Vegetable...

Kinders in double figures

By ALANA MITCHELSON THE Kinders Together Association celebrated its 10th birthday on Monday 22 July. Kinders Together project development co-ordinator Di Price said the not-for-profit community-based...

Quality quilts on show

By ROMAN KULKEWYCZ THE popular annual Hillview Quilt and Craft Show will run over three days from Friday 19 August to Sunday 21 August, opening...

Nurses get trauma training

  By ANEEKA SIMONIS DOZENS of maternal and child health nurses working with Cardinia Shire’s most vulnerable families will undergo specialist trauma training. The training will help...

Good Guy in real estate

By GARRY HOWE WHEN a company buyout of all The Good Guys stores left Dan O’Loughlin pondering his future, he didn’t have to look far...

Icon makes ugly exit

By ALANA MITCHELSON COUNCIL workers arrived before dawn to swiftly demolish the controversial iconic Emerald bus shelter and erect a new heritage-style shelter by sunrise...

Social housing crisis plan

By ANEEKA SIMONIS RESIDENTS surrounding land earmarked for housing single-parent families escaping domestic violence believe the contested plan should be scrapped and replaced with an...

Terror, trauma as gangs strike by night

By ANEEKA SIMONIS EVERY night, a little boy cries himself to sleep - terrified at what the night might bring. The front door to his Beaconsfield...

Well played, pioneer

Ellie Blackburn is the perfect example of the changing face of Australian Rules football - as DAVID NAGEL explains. STARTING out as a cute and...

Bus shelter departs

THE controversial Emerald bus shelter has gone. Cardinia Shire workmen arrived to demolish the focus of community protest at 6am this morning (Tuesday) and replaced...

Car fire was suspicious

By ANEEKA SIMONIS POLICE are treating an early morning car fire in Pakenham as suspicious. At 2.24am on Monday 1 August, people living along Toomuc...

Deason missing for over a dozen years

By GEORGIA WESTGARTH JOANNE Deason never came home. She was last seen in Gembrook on Friday 22 August 2003. Joanne Gaye Deason is just one...

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Crowds flock to Yakkerboo fun

Pakenham locals and visitors were treated to a weekend of town celebrations at the annual Yakkerboo Festival. Held over two days, Saturday 20 and Sunday...