Welfare housing plan objections flood in
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
IRATE residents have slammed the council with a landslide of objections to a proposed housing development for homeless people and domestic abuse...
Bunce at Rotary helm
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
IT was a night of good food, good music and good company for some of Pakenham’s hardest working few as Rotarians celebrated...
Scouting school of the state
BEACONHILLS College can proudly claim the title of Victoria’s biggest Scouting school.
The college’s two campuses have nearly 100 students from all year levels signed...
Banned from medical clinic
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
A BERWICK man banned from attending a Berwick medical clinic as a result of abuse claims against staff has had...
Farmers shocked by milk price fall
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
MILK prices set by major processor Murray Goulburn have been slashed far more than already struggling farmers had expected.
The shock below-production price...
Polling stations set to become firefighters’ frontline
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
POLLING booths within the marginal seat of La Trobe are expected to be flanked by uniformed CFA firefighters in a show of...
Marginal seat will get major attention, says ALP
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
ALP candidate Chris Buckingham says the most important election outcome for McMillan is to turn it from a safe Liberal seat into...
Rail loop proposal
By ALANA MITCHELSON
A PROPOSED circular train route connecting Pakenham to its largest nearby townships, including Cranbourne and Dandenong, has been put to McMillan candidates...
Sloppy snowman
PAKENHAM was hit by a hail storm as Melbourne’s south-east received a “severe weather“ warning on Friday evening.
Some residents took on the challenge to...
Federation takeover on the cards
By ALANA MITCHELSON
MONASH University has received three “strong formal bids" from tertiary education providers for the use of its soon-to-close Berwick campus, with Federation...
Born from near-death
Saved from execution by a wartime double agent, Patricia Dennis tells ALANA MITCHELSON that living on borrowed time has driven her on to new...
Speaking out for fair care
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
ANNE McCormick is special.
Her work at Outlook in Pakenham has shaped a model of care which now gives people with disabilities...