Desperation for charities
St Vincent de Paul volunteers Chris and Sheila and other local charity groups would welcome food donations for distribution to needy families in the...
MPs get up to something fishy
Labor MPs Geoff Hilton and Tammy Lobato release the fish with the help of Tammy’s daughter Ashleigh.Fisheries officer Darren Deering releases the fish into...
Fat man fires up
Santa is soon to hit the streets of Pakenham.In what has become a popular local tradition, the white-bearded Christmas icon will be taken around...
Modern touch an – exciting phase
The new shopping and activity centre plan released last week.By Paul DunlopA NEW ‘suburb’ is being built from the ground up on Pakenham’s north...
‘Dead’ turf gets the green light
Seb Paynter, Jarrod McMullen and Matt Davey from Evergreen Turf at the Pakenham football oval yesterday. Despite concerns about its brown colour,...
Kids give the green thumbs up
Below: Kyal, Nathan and student teacher Bernadette Palmer plant trees at Pakenham Consolidated School.Right: Monique and Morgan ensured their tree was well protected.Left: Dion,...
Take time out to look back
Come and see: Audrey Dodson with displays of old clothing at the Berwick/Pakenham Historical Society headquarters in Pakenham.PAKENHAM people have a chance to take...
Police follow the trailer
Police are trying to track down the owner of this trailer.A STOLEN trailer has been recovered from a Pakenham back yard and now police...
Warm welcome for trees
He’s only two and a half years old, but Joshua Rettschlag was among the Deep Creek Landcare members planting trees along Pakenham...
A fine warning for Gary
Gary Elliot was shocked to be fined for parking a car he was selling on his nature strip. By Glen AtwellPAKENHAM resident Gary Elliot...
Exchanging cultures comes easily for school
Above: Beaconhills students with Japanese visitors Rei Goto and Maiko Nishino (back) with Jemma Bartlett, Mariana Karavias, Hayley Bosman, Heidi Boer, Satomi Kinoshita, Maya...
Wild time for students
Students from the Pakenham cluster of schools at the RSPCA educational facility in Burwood.YOUNG leaders from Pakenham district schools recently went on an excursion...