Book serves up garden secrets
By Aneeka Simonis
THE secret to growing and cooking Australian natives can be found in a new book published by Tynong North ecologist and native...
Berwick’s half-millionaire
By Alana Mitchelson
A BERWICK woman could not believe her ears as her husband read out the winning numbers from the weekend’s TattsLotto draw and...
Caravan cancer fighter
By Alana Mitchelson
BERWICK’S Clive Blackford has set off on a 38,000 kilometre caravan trip around Australia with his five-month-old puppy Baxter to raise $100,000...
Busy year for CWA
THE Pakenham branch of the Country Women’s Association (CWA) of Victoria has had a busy year with interesting guest speakers, various fund-raising events and...
Wood won’t cop it
By Aneeka Simonis
FOREIGN youth gangsters’ time in Australia may soon end as the Federal Government gets underway with its immigration inquiry seeking to throw...
Truck and car collide
By Alana Mitchelson
A CRASH involving a truck on the notorious Healesville-Kooweerup Road has caused traffic delays in both directions near the freeway exit south...
Kathleen’s crowning fitness glory
By Aneeka Simonis
AGE is no barrier - just ask Kathleen.
The 61-year-old Beaconsfield woman recently showcased her fitness talents on an international stage.
And she won....
Family violence services streamlined
By Aneeka Simonis
THE family violence policing unit based in Pakenham will soon be relocated to a support super centre in Dandenong to help streamline...
Syringe raids
By Aneeka Simonis
A WOMAN allegedly armed with a syringe forced her way into several Pakenham homes and a take-away food store demanding cash and...
Once bitten and twice shy
By Alana Mitchelson
A PREGNANT 17-year-old Pakenham woman who no longer has feeling in the right side of her mouth after a Staffordshire bull terrier...
Girl killed in crash
By Aneeka Simonis
AN eight-year-old girl from Selby has died and four others including two children have been hospitalised with serious injuries following a crash...
Fashions galore at charity high tea
By Alana Mitchelson
A BERWICK high tea fund-raiser was held during the Spring Racing Carnival to empower women and men from diverse communities who would...