Antique fix at fair
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
ANTIQUE lovers got their fix at the 13th Antique and Collectables Fair held in Pakenham over the weekend.
Fair-goers took a trip...
Helper Abby’s all heart
By ALANA MITCHELSON
A PAKENHAM photographer is using her creative talents to give back to the charity that has restored her quality of life.
Mother of...
A grant to remember
By ALANA MITCHELSON
THE CARDINIA community has received a $2000 state grant to commemorate the centenary of the beginning of the Western Front campaign.
Member for...
Our decade of ice
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
ICE use has skyrocketed since it came onto the scene in Cardinia shire and abuse rates of prescription medications are also slowly...
Blenkhorn to retire
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
GEORGE Blenkhorn will this year hang up his hat after eight years’ service as a Cardinia Shire councillor.
Now 76, Cr Blenkhorn will...
Overnight death due to natural causes
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
POLICE have said that the overnight death of a Pakenham man was not suspicious despite initial reports that he was involved in...
Man arrested after housemate dies
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
A MAN has died in hospital overnight following a reported assault at a Pakenham home.
Police said the 70-year-old man was found...
Cash to ease education pressure
By ALANA MITCHELSON
THREE Cardinia-based schools have received a combined $2.6 million towards building projects to support their students.
St Francis Xavier College, St Clare’s Primary...
The marks of a champion
By DAVID NAGEL
“DISCIPLINE, mental strength, sacrifice, respect, physical strength, mateship and honesty” - they’re the qualities that Tooradin coach Lachie Gillespie remembers about his...
Factory tenants evicted
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
THE locks have been changed at a factory in Pakenham, barring the operators, some who are facing drugs charges, from re-entering.
A locksmith...
Neighbours hit back
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
TENANTS surrounding a factory they’ve dubbed an alleged ‘ice house’ are at the end of their tether, now rallying to...
Big rise in car thefts
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
CAR thefts increased by 43 per cent in Cardinia Shire last year - but it’s this year’s car theft rates that will...
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Focus at the forefront for Forsyth
Dandenong Cricket Club coach Tom Donnell laughed when asked about Brett Forsyth’s training habits.
The pair, former school teammates and later premiership teammates, played...
