Reins of leadership
By Rebecca Skilton
“Someone could go into the round yard with all guns blazing and the horse is going to give them what they want,...
Anna’s art is her craft
By Rebecca Skilton
It’s a delicate craft that few people have the patience for, let alone the skill.
But for Upper Beaconsfield resident Anna Konecny,...
Parents back curriculum on sex
By Bonny Burrows
Officer Secondary College parents have backed the school’s curriculum, following media claims they are outraged abstinence from sex is being promoted to...
Weekend What’s On
Bayles Preschool 50th birthday
Come help Bayles Preschool celebrate its 50th birthday with a morning tea and a trip down memory lane.
Sunday 13 August, 10am-noon,...
Surgery delivers Shauna
By Bonny Burrows
After years of debilitating pain, Officer mother Shauna Cahill is now free of the toxic mesh which was once killing her.
The 35-year-old...
This waste is bananas
By Kyra Gillespie
Inspired by the recent War On Waste documentary on the ABC, Year 7 Pakenham Secondary College student Tamika has written to the...
Boom gates up in lights
By Bonny Burrows
A boom gate failure on the Pakenham train line in January 2016 has been cited as an example of V/Line’s “concurrent issues”...
Mum loses appeal against running down teen girl
By Cam Lucadou-Wells
A Pakenham mother of three who drove her daughter to a fight with a 14-year-old girl and then drove her car into...
Brigade honours its finest
The Upper Beaconsfield Fire Brigade held its annual brigade dinner and awards night at the Cardinia Beaconhills Golf Club on Saturday 29 July.
The event...
Battin digs in
By Bonny Burrows
Gembrook MP Brad Battin has backed his Liberal colleague Matthew Guy in the wake of news the State Opposition Leader shared a...
Poster backlash
By Bonny Burrows
Campaigners against the controversial pokies venue planned for Officer have defended the distribution of “graphic” anti-gambling flyers depicting domestic violence and increased...
Breaking news as playspace opens
By Kyra Gillespie
Nine News presenter Peter Hitchener was the guest of honour when Lakeside’s Goodstart Early Learning Centre opened its new play space.
The Djeembana...
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Focus at the forefront for Forsyth
Dandenong Cricket Club coach Tom Donnell laughed when asked about Brett Forsyth’s training habits.
The pair, former school teammates and later premiership teammates, played...
