Anzac Place has soul
By RUSSELL BENNETT
JUST over a year after Emerald’s Anzac Walk and Anzac Place was officially unveiled in the town, the site has been recognised...
Tower run packed with fun
By ALANA MITCHELSON
BEACONSFIELD Upper Primary School has won the prize for being the largest community group to complete the Upper Beaconsfield Tower Run for...
Speedsters are main culprits
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
MORE than 85 per cent of drivers booked in a targeted Cardinia Shire police safety road operation were caught for excessive speed....
Coin laundry cleaned up
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
A BEACONSFIELD coin laundry was stripped off all money by thieves who dismantled the store’s surveillance footage in a brazen 15-minute night-time...
Homes ransacked: thieves target jewellery
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
THOUSANDS worth of precious jewellery were stolen from two houses ransacked in similar fashion.
Both homes, located in Pakenham and Officer, were ransacked...
High incidence of number plate, car theft
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
HIGH rates of car and number plate theft in the Cardinia Shire region have been reported in the past week.
Three cars...
Enough talk: bring on the boom
THE dairy industry has been surrounded by talk of an impending ‘boom’ in recent times, but the farmers at Farm World at Lardner Park...
Intruders have ‘smashing’ time
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
OFFENDERS smashed almost every wall of a Pakenham home, turned on the heater system and opened up all the windows in a...
Owner attacks his own vehicle
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
POLICE witnessed bizarre scenes at a Friday night booze bus operation in Lang Lang ending with a male jumping from the front...
Apex gang behind failed burglary bid
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
APEX gang members are believed to be behind a bungled Pakenham milk bar burglary in the early hours of the weekend.
Two...
Throat cut in concrete cutter accident
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
A MAN’S throat was cut by a concrete cutter blade in a Bunyip industrial accident that is under investigation.
The 26-year-old Warragul...
Foes for a day – friends for life
IT was a love of music which brought two well-known Pakenham identities together over 50 years ago. Graham ‘Uncle’ Treloar (trumpet) and Ray Canobie...