Tag: News
Did the earth move for you?
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS
HUNDREDS of residents were shaken on Thursday morning by the largest earth tremor to strike Pakenham in the past 50...
Quite a send off
CHAIRO Christian School Pakenham campus held its Middle School presentation night for its Grade 5 to Year 8 students at Finlay Hall on Friday...
Call out proves false alarm
PAKENHAM Central Marketplace was evacuated just before noon last Friday morning, leaving over a 100 customers and staff out the front of the complex....
‘Instrument of change’
By BEN CAMERON
A BEACONSFIELD mother’s daily fight to remove barriers for people with disaibilities has reaped the highest of local praise.
Disability services...
Living with urban growth
A WEEK-long social health survey of local residents will cost Cardinia Shire Council nearly $15,000.
Council engaged Market Solutions to carry out telephone surveys of...
Finesse in hair, beauty fields
TWO Pakenham students have scored awards at Community College Gippsland’s recent Hair and Beauty competition.
Vanessa McLean and Julie Niessen won first and second prize...
Penalty notice after two-car crash
By BEN CAMERON
A 79-YEAR-OLD woman from Nar Nar Goon was taken to Dandenong Hospital following a two-car collision on the corner of Bormar Drive...
Dayna claims eight, for the record
By JARROD POTTER
NOT many athletes actively want to take a drug test, but Berwick rising star Dayna Crees has great reason to submit to...
Foundation’s $50,000 cash splash
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
A PHILANTHROPIC foundation donated thousands of dollars to local welfare and support service groups last week.
Chairman of the Casey Cardinia Foundation Paul...
Fight the axis of diesel
By BEN CAMERON
BUNYIP residents have vowed to boycott Caltex service stations in the area after the company closed down an iconic roadhouse on the...
Initially crossed, now seething
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
A RELIGIOUSLY insensitive cross targeting a local Islamic school in Officer has been reinstated after it was chain sawed to the ground...
Resilience ready to face the heat
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
A PROGRAM to help evacuate vulnerable Cockatoo residents during heatwaves has increased its reach ahead of the coming bushfire season.
Ready2Go will keep...