News
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Ready for your crowning glory
Beaconsfield netballer Corinne Mackley and Pakenham footballer Jack Kowarzik will fight it out for $10,000 in the Star News Group’s King or Queen award. 51884…
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Spring into action
SPRING is here, so it’s the time to try out some new hobbies. The Berwick Neighbourhood Centre is offering a range of wonderful activities and…
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Flood furore
By Jade Lawton WILD weather on the weekend has left Pakenham’s Wakenshaw Crescent looking like a swamp. The crescent has flooded several times in the…
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Road deaths down
By Lia BichelTHE amount of fatalities and serious injuries on local roads has drastically decreased in the past three years. Since then, fatalities and serious…
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Tyre terrors
By Jade LawtonCARDINIA Highway Patrol launched a two-pronged operation in local railway car parks yesterday. In an effort to reduce theft from motor cars and…
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Chopper to inspect infrastructure
PAKENHAM residents will see a helicopter hovering overhead tomorrow (Thursday) as electricity provider SP AusNet uses state-of-the-art helicopter and GPS technology to inspect powerlines, powerpoles…
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Green edge to voter swing
SWINGS against both major parties were recorded in the electorates of La Trobe and McMillan this week. While McMillan’s incumbent MP Russell Broadbent retained his…
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Paky the key on Saturday
By Melissa MeehanAS the country gets set to go to the polls, after what has been described by many as the most boring federal campaign…
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Drain blame
By Melissa MeehanWakenshaw Crescent residents are tired of a constant deluge of water every time it rains. It has been this way for almost four…
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Face slashed
By Kelly YatesA TEENAGE girl from Pakenham who was slashed across the face with a glass bottle during a brutal attack last weekend has praised…
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Bank cash flows
Celebrating the opening of the Lakeside Pakenham Community Bank yesterday are Lakeside’s Jack Mitchell, back left, with branch manager Jenny Polites, Graeme Squires and staff…
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458 busted
By Jade LawtonCARDINIA’S Highway Patrol busted 458 speedsters last month – a rate of almost 15 per day. Sergeant Nigel Atkins said 28 of those…