Tag: News
Scouting for dollars
By ALANA MITCHELSON
KOOWEERUP Scouts have received a $10,000 community grant towards improving hiking equipment.
The 1st Kooweerup Scout Group is one of 39 groups across...
Sham train services slammed
By ALANA MITCHELSON
PAKENHAM and Cranbourne train services have been revealed as the worst performing lines across the network, according to a new report.
The latest...
Preppies honour old veterans
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
PREP kids at Kooweerup Primary School dressed up as old people to celebrate being 'old veterans' for the day at the school...
Sheep dumped in ditch
By ALANA MITCHELSON
AT LEAST three dead sheep were dumped in a ditch beside the railway line in Nar Nar Goon and remained there for...
No bail for son in domestic violence case
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS
A MAN has been refused bail and rendered homeless after allegedly committing domestic violence at the homes of his separated mother and...
Another icon closes shop
PAKENHAM’s worst kept secret is at last out of the bag.
Pakenham Ritchies IGA is no more.
Ritchies headquarters has confirmed the closure of its Pakenham...
Nar Nar Goon’s sinking feeling
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
NAR Nar Goon farmland has collapsed in on itself, opening up a large and mysterious sinkhole.
It appeared out of nowhere, according...
Brazen car robbery leads to crime spree
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
IN the short distance from his front door to the driveway, an Officer man was allegedly launched upon by a gang of...
Spared jail despite ‘abominable behaviour’
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS
A 24-YEAR-OLD Pakenham man who punched his mother in the face as well as a bedroom door and interior walls until his...
Girls and boys add to nature
CARDINIA Shire Council hosted a community planting event in Bunyip to coincide with National Tree Day month on Sunday.
Residents, Bunyip Cub Scouts and Drouin...
Christmas break brings cheer
PAKENHAM Parkinson’s group celebrated Christmas in July at Chandelier Cafe, Kooweerup, on 20 July.
It was a wonderful venue operated by Brent and staff who...
Thieves hit four cars
A MARYKNOLL household was raided by thieves who rummaged through four cars parked on the property.
Between 10pm on Thursday 4 August and 5am...