Pathway encroaches privacy
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
LAKESIDE residents whose backyard privacy was destroyed by a council pathway were disappointed to learn council will not provide fence extenders despite...
Hoons drive mum crazy
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
A BEACONSFIELD mum, whose husband was almost cleaned-up by senseless hoons who frequent her neighbourhood, is pleading with council to rethink a...
Brain power!
By BEN CAMERON
Out of sight, out of mind, call goes out to focus on mental health...
A BERWICK psychologist has called on local leaders to...
Police injured in pub brawl
THREE police were injured in a brawl at the Central Hotel Beaconsfield’s annual Australia Day Centchfest celebrations.
Police were called to the sold out event...
Pathways to safety
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
A TEMPORARY bus service and pathway has been instated to safely get students to a new school in Officer following concerns about...
Mysterious orange plume
By BEN CAMERON
CARDINIA Shire Council has assured Mr Thompson it has been thorough in its investigations of an apparent orange plume which hovered above...
Three arrested after police helicopter hunt
Danny Buttler and Ben Cameron
THE police helicopter and dog squad were involved in dramatic scenes in Pakenham yesterday afternoon.
Three men were arrested following a...
For we are young and free
PROUD Aussies across the Cardinia Shire celebrated Australia Day on Monday, as Pakenham, Kooweerup, Cockatoo, Bunyip and Lang Lang hosted official events.
Down at the...
Friends for life
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
THE secret to a happy marriage is building it around a friendship, said a Pakenham woman who celebrated her 60th...
Lang Lang celebrates
By DANNY BUTTLER
THE Man from Snowy River arrived in Lang Lang on Australia Day.
With stockwhips cracking, the famous Banjo Patterson poem was...
Koowee goes all in for Australia Day
By DANNY BUTTLER
KOOWEERUP celebrated Australia Day in style with a standing room only event at the Community Centre.
Australia Day ambassador Dr Hugh...
Aussie spirit
Our reporters and photographers were out and about catching the excitement and colour of Australia Day activities across the region.