Tag: News
Family full of animals
By ALANA MITCHELSON
LIFE is made all the more interesting at the Williams household with alpacas, dogs, cats, cattle, chickens and a duck each playing...
Big deal over drug street name
By ALANA MITCHELSON
THE name of a new Officer street faces being changed after thieves kept stealing its “drug connotations” signs.
The owner of an Ice...
Dumpers do the dirty on tourist road
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
A ROAD frequented by tourists in Tynong North has become a dumping ground.
It’s unclear who is dumping waste around the entrance of...
Midnight arrest of wanted man
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
A MAN in alleged possession of drugs attempted to flee police during his midnight arrest in Pakenham.
The 23-year-old was wanted over...
Freeway upgrade plan ‘birdbrained’
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
THE Federal Government’s pitch for the Monash Freeway upgrade has been slammed as “birdbrained” by state Minister for Roads Luke Donnellan in...
Funds flow in memory of lost mum
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
A FUND-RAISING event held in honour of a long-term Berwick resident who lost her battle with cancer last year has helped raise...
Heritage train run: all aboard
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
TOURISTS may soon be able to catch a heritage Red Rattler carriage from the city to the Dandenong Ranges in a bold...
Walk through war
By GARRY HOWE
A COMMITTED group of local history sleuths has again been busy digging up details of Anzac heroes in preparation for a cemetery...
Bottleshops not strictly enforcing underage taboo
BY JARROD McALEESE
A JOINT study conducted by Victoria Police and Communities That Care has found that more than one in three bottle shops in...
Prized super kid Maddie
By ALANA MITCHELSON
A PAKENHAM teenager has been announced as a Super Kids national awards finalist.
Maddison Berry received her award and tablet prize on Monday...
Drunken driver gets six years for fatal crash
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
THE YOUNG drunken driver who drove a Pakenham Upper man to his death in a horrific high-speed car crash in Beaconsfield last...
Detectives’ long road to murder arrest
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
FOR the next four months, the man accused of killing Pakenham mum Kylie Blackwood will sit in jail awaiting his August murder...
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Man trapped by machinery in Gembrook
The afternoon of Tuesday 14 May saw a massive multi-personnel response to a man trapped in machinery in Gembrook.
With eleven vehicles on the...
