Compliment, back-hander in same breath
KOOWERUP RSL sub-branch president Ron Ingram was singled out for special praise by McMillan MP Russell Broadbent when he officially launched the new Avenue...
Uncle through thick and thin
By GEORGIA WESTGARTH
HE’S watched Mr Yakkerboo parade through town for 39 years; he was there when Pakenham’s favourite swamp creature graced Moomba...
Extra mile on garbage
CARDINIA Shire residents are urged to go green next month when dumping their rubbish.
Council is encouraging residents to think of the environment by making...
Café goes to ruins
By GEORGIA WESTGARTH
PRIME position and left to rot, the former café and real estate office building which overlooks the Lakeside Lake is...
Artists join up for war effort
By GEORGIA WESTGARTH
LATROBE and Casey musicians are uniting for the Bells of Peace Anzac performance and exhibition, telling wartime stories through song...
Man killed in car flip
A MAN has been killed after a single vehicle crash in Beaconsfield this morning.
It’s believed two men were travelling north along Brunt Road when...
Lucky escape as car crashes through post office
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS
WITNESSES say it was lucky no-one was injured after an elderly woman crashed her car through a front window of Pakenham’s post...
Facebook arrest
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
POLICE have arrested a 35-year-old Kooweerup woman who was wanted on a warrant in relation to theft offences.
On Wednesday 15...
Council on summer break
By BEN CAMERON
A BUNYIP resident is fuming that a Cardinia Shire Council-owned parcel of land adjacent to his property has been left unmaintained over...
Tree pest scales new heights
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
A RESTRICTION zone designed to protect trees from a deadly, sap-sucking pest in Harkaway has near tripled as the introduced pest spreads...
Gallipoli General at ease
By GARRY HOWE
GALLIPOLI hero Brigadier-General Cecil Henry Foott received one last - and long overdue - decoration in Berwick on Saturday.
Local historians Jane Rivett-Carnac...
Council cuts down Anzacs
By KATHRYN BERMINGHAM
LESS than two weeks out from the centenary of Anzac Day, Casey Council has replanted the entire Harkaway Avenue of Honour.
Historic...