Toying with tapping memory
By Alana Mitchelson
A PAKENHAM aged care facility has opened an art therapy and activities space for residents as well as a special woodwork room...
Residents fume as council steps in
By Alana Mitchelson
CARDINIA Shire Council has endorsed the first phase of a plan to develop 20 hectares near Glismann Road in rural Beaconsfield, despite...
Alcoholic convicted for assault
By Cam Lucadou-Wells
AN ALCOHOLIC man who incinerated his wife’s car in the Lang Lang family home garage after a barbecue dinner argument has been...
A flash in the dark
A MIDDLE-AGED man cut a hole into the crotch of his tracksuit pants and allegedly walked up and down a residential street in Pakenham...
Skilled Scouts celebrate successes
PAKENHAM Scout Group celebrated another successful year at its annual general meeting recently.
This year the group achieved the Scouts Victoria Chief Commissioner’s Award for...
Cars, trailers stolen overnight
By Aneeka Simonis
CARS and trailers parked outside homes in Cardinia Shire were pinched in an overnight spate of theft under investigation.
A car stolen...
Pair face drug charges
By Aneeka Simonis
TWO middle-aged men were allegedly caught in a car in Lang Lang with 20 grams of methamphetamine and other illegal drugs.
Kooweerup police...
Teen missing for a week
By Aneeka Simonis
A TEENAGE girl known to frequent the Pakenham area has been missing for almost a week.
Isabella Arter-James, 14, was last seen...
Quilt admirers in awe
By Roman Kulkewycz
THE 12th Annual Bunyip Quilt and Craft Show was held at Hillview Bunyip Aged Care last week.
The three-day show ending on Sunday...
Home invasion bid foiled
By Aneeka Simonis
A MUM at home with her kids managed to scare off a home invasion attempt in a frightening pre-dawn incident in Pakenham....
Sink hole probe call
AUTHOR of newly released novel ‘On The Swamp’, Jim Mynard, wants an investigation into the possible reasons for the Nar Nar Goon sink...
Council mulls zero fatality strategies
By Alana Mitchelson
CARDINIA Shire was one of 13 councils from across Melbourne that met to discuss different approaches towards improving road safety and reducing...