We still remember them
A POEM entitled Lest We Forget was written by Pakenham’s Nathan Hughes and read out by him during the Pakenham dawn service on Anzac...
Bypass sneak peek fun
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
RESIDENTS are invited to get a sneak preview of the long-awaited Kooweerup Bypass as part of a community fun day...
Mum’s game of names
By LIA SPENCER
“Jill. No ... Aryn, er ... Kelly, Michaela ... what’s your name again? I mean Lia ... ”
It was a...
Generations of gratitude
On 19 April this year along with numerous cousins I travelled to the Royal Botanical Gardens to gather at a tree planted by my...
Centre of learning
A $1.8 million facility was opened at St Brigid’s Catholic Primary School last week to keep up with the demand for non-government education in...
Station vehicles damaged
THREE vehicles parked at Beaconsfield train station were smashed and damaged last week.
Between 8pm and 9.40pm on Friday 24 April, the windows of the...
Hit-run driver on run
By CASEY NEILL
A DRIVER slammed into a stationary vehicle and sped away following an argument in Pakenham last Thursday morning.
Witnesses told the Gazette that...
Local, proud to be 50
By KATHRYN BERMINGHAM
VAN STEENSEL Timbers started as a small family business in Officer, growing to create a legacy that would last half...
All round funds for facility
By KATHRYN BERMINGHAM
A BRAND new community health and well-being facility that opened in Pakenham last week is set to benefit many Cardinia...
Practice makes perfect
THERE is one factor that dictates the safety of young drivers more than any other influence - experience.
Practice is the key to driving safely...
Lock it or lose it
By Aneeka Simonis
EXPENSIVE tools and trade work equipment are being swiped in record numbers from cars across Cardinia Shire, causing police to urge tradies...
Among the missing
By Aneeka Simonis
A FORMER Pakenham man is among dozens of Victorians missing in earthquake-devastated Nepal and parts of north India.
Bruce Goldsack, 59,...