Lord by the lake
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
LAKESIDE may soon be transformed into Pakenham’s religious super hub, with a second church group closing in on land directly opposite one...
Campfire ablaze in Woods
By KATHRYN BERMINGHAM
FIREFIGHTERS believe a campfire sparked a grassfire that took hold in Beaconsfield on Monday morning.
Around 11.30am on 11 January crews responded to...
Rider killed at Kooweerup
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
A MOTORCYCLIST has died in a crash in Kooweerup over the weekend.
The rider, a Tooradin man aged in his early 40s, was...
Spate of horse falls
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
PARAMEDICS were called out to Garfield North and three other Victorian properties to treat women injured in horse accidents on Thursday 7...
Resident rage over bumpy roads
By KATHRYN BERMINGHAM
CARDINIA residents have expressed safety concerns at the state of two unpaved roads in the north-west of the shire, raising the question:...
All aboard for volunteer station reno
By KATHRYN BERMINGHAM
OVER a century after Puffing Billy first chugged through Cockatoo, a group of passionate locals have a plan to restore the town’s...
Being late makes Caleb the first
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
IF the birth of their first child wasn’t special enough - it sure is now with baby boy Caleb having the distinction...
Sherrif hunts 38,400 local fine evaders
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
LAW-evading drivers in the City of Casey owe more than $123 million in outstanding warrants, according to the latest Victorian Sheriff figures....
Ella toasts a century
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
SHE helped save what was then Berwick’s only hospital and it is within the same hospital’s new corridors that she marked a...
Car makes way for Nan Cave
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
FORGET the Man Cave.
It’s all about the Nan Cave at the home of an 80-year-old Pakenham grandma.
With a bar fridge...
Algae warning for Berwick
By KATHRYN BERMINGHAM
A POTENTIALLY harmful type of algae detected in Berwick has prompted Melbourne Water to issue a message of warning to...
Child charged as fire shuts freeway
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
AN alleged child arsonist has been charged over a large scrub fire which closed the Monash Freeway near Hallam during...