Across board in unison
By KATHRYN BERMINGHAM
EVERY Thursday morning, a group of singers gather at Pakenham Community Centre to share lunch and a love of music.
The...
Vantage viewing, vanishing tip
THE mystery of the disappearing dirt at Toomuc Reserve captivated the Gazette this week.
On Wednesday, an anonymous walker said that large mounds of dirt...
Councillor in ‘cuckoo land’
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
POT shots aimed at a councillor caused a commotion at last’s week’s Cardinia Shire budget proposal.
Councillor Colin Ross, the only...
Going strong on 101
TURNING 101 years of age is a feat most don’t achieve.
But waving the banner of good health and longevity is Elsa Wiltshire who has...
Maddy memory kept alive
By LACHLAN MOORHEAD
FAMILY, friends and well-wishers gathered on Sunday to remember Maddison Murphy-West, the 20-year-old found dead in her Pakenham home in 2013.
The sun...
We still remember them
A POEM entitled Lest We Forget was written by Pakenham’s Nathan Hughes and read out by him during the Pakenham dawn service on Anzac...
Bypass sneak peek fun
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
RESIDENTS are invited to get a sneak preview of the long-awaited Kooweerup Bypass as part of a community fun day...
Mum’s game of names
By LIA SPENCER
“Jill. No ... Aryn, er ... Kelly, Michaela ... what’s your name again? I mean Lia ... ”
It was a...
Generations of gratitude
On 19 April this year along with numerous cousins I travelled to the Royal Botanical Gardens to gather at a tree planted by my...
Centre of learning
A $1.8 million facility was opened at St Brigid’s Catholic Primary School last week to keep up with the demand for non-government education in...
Station vehicles damaged
THREE vehicles parked at Beaconsfield train station were smashed and damaged last week.
Between 8pm and 9.40pm on Friday 24 April, the windows of the...
Hit-run driver on run
By CASEY NEILL
A DRIVER slammed into a stationary vehicle and sped away following an argument in Pakenham last Thursday morning.
Witnesses told the Gazette that...
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Landcare funding extended to 2026
The vital funding for landcare and their facilitators has been extended another year to 2026, pleasing local landcare groups with the assurance that they...
