Can they spell? Very well …
By MATT MALE
MOVE over Channel Ten - Victorian students have their own spelling bee.
Last Wednesday, St. Francis Xavier College hosted VicSpell, a competition aimed...
Charlie’s magical trip
By KATHRYN BERMINGHAM
A WORLD of pure imagination awaits as the students of Harkaway Primary School, including Bella, Tom, Alannah and Billy, take to...
Baby monitor captures morning intruder
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
A MOTION-SENSITIVE baby monitor captured images of an intruder sneaking out of a Pakenham home vacated just minutes earlier by a heavily...
What’s not to like
By GEORGIA WESTGARTH
IN AN era of Twitter, Instagram and world class technology in our back pockets many “kids have reduced friendship to a Facebook...
Transgender storybook
By KATHRYN BERMINGHAM
WHEN Pakenham resident Jess Walton’s son was born, she wanted to read him books about families just like theirs.
“I think it’s important...
Wrapping up a crafty fund-raiser
By MATT MALE
THE annual Bunyip Quilt and Craft show raised more than $6500 over the weekend.
Hundreds of people turned out for the event, now...
Night of nights for debs
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
WEEKS of dance practice paid off for a number of debutantes and their partners as they danced the night away during the...
They’re growing successes
By CASEY NEILL
TEN-ROSE International Simmental in Longwarry is a seventh-generation farming business shipping cattle world-wide.
It’s among three finalists for the Agriculture and Food Business...
Police vehicle tagged
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
A CHAPERONED underage event in Pakenham has sparked a police investigation involving a defaced police vehicle.
About 9.30pm on 21 August, youth resource...
Rough road ruins ride
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
POLICE have vowed to work together with local authorities to investigate the safety of a Gembrook road which put a motorcyclist in...
Looking back
30 years to 1985:
OVER 50 knitters, representing at least 12 different groups from the community, gathered together at the Upper Beaconsfield Community Centre on...
Take ten
Take ten
with Chloe Allison, a Year 10 student from Gleneagles Secondary College.
What is something people don’t know about you?
When I was younger I was...
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Free green waste disposal
Residents are encouraged to drop off their green waste for free at the upcoming green-waste drop off events in Pakenham and Lysterfield.
The green waste drop-off...
