Tag: News
Family terrified after gang attack
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
A GANG of up to 30 wild youths closed in on a terrified family trapped in a Pakenham car park over the...
Court loses patience with excuses
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS
A DISQUALIFIED driver has been told by a magistrate that he had run out of excuses and last chances when he was...
Relay means so much
By KATHRYN BERMINGHAM
FIND a positive in every single day.
While her son was in hospital battling leukaemia, Annie Roberts made it her mission to look...
Extra trains to tackle disruption
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
ADDITIONAL peak hour metro trains have been scheduled to transport Gippsland V/Line passengers to and from the city as the Pakenham level...
Seven cars stolen in heist
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
GATES securing a brand new Pakenham car yard were reportedly rammed open by burglars who drove off with seven vehicles and tools...
Summer series of sounds
MUSIC lovers of all ages gathered at Emerald Lake Park last Sunday for an afternoon of tunes.
The Cardinia Civic Concert Band took to the...
Council pushes for building fund
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
CARDINIA, one of the nation’s fastest growing municipalities, has put its support behind a campaign to lobby for a dedicated federal infrastructure...
Camp infuses self-esteem
By KATHRYN BERMINGHAM
RESIDENTS of Evergreen Retirement Village, Lloyd and Robyn Thomas have attended 17 camps and acted as ‘grandpa’ and ‘grandma’ to hundreds of...
Signs of the times
CONFUSION reigns in Lakeside Pakenham as the iconic town clock is all out of whack.
On one side, the clock indicates it’s almost noon...
Youth unleash station violence
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
A BUS driver allegedly had his nose broken in a violent youth gang attack in the vicinity of the Berwick train station...
Back to childhood play
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
IT wasn’t long ago young Pakenham boy Deakin Coe was bound to his wheelchair.
But the horror crash that turned the eight-year-old...
One of its kind
FOODIES from across Melbourne are expected to descend on Pakenham following the opening of the Lakeside Mill, but did you know Pakenham is also...
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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...
