A grand day out
IT was grandparents’ day at Pakenham Consolidated School last Tuesday with students’ families gathering for a special day of activities as part of the...
Run for your life – and for a child
By Paul DunlopPAKENHAM mum Naomi MacGregor is gearing up for the run of her life.
Naomi is taking part in the 9 April charity Run...
Fatal crash
A PAKENHAM man was killed when the car he was driving hit a tree in Blackburn.
The man was driving west along Whitehorse Road when...
Council votes for land buyback
CARDINIA Council will spend $2.6 million to buy back the site of its Pakenham headquarters, paving the way for a major redevelopment of the...
Relay picks up the pace
By Jim MynardTHE Casey Cardinia Relay For Life committee will hold an information night in the Lion’s Den, Henry St, Pakenham at 7pm on...
Course move hits a bogey
By Paul DunlopCARDINIA Shire Council will ask Planning Minister Rob Hulls to hold off on a decision on rezoning the Pakenham golf course.
The new...
All quiet on the roads say police
THE official Easter period for Pakenham police has concluded with no major traffic incidents throughout the district in what is traditionally one of the...
Pakenham premiers for a day
By Casey NeillPAKENHAM Hills Primary School has won the mixed netball final in the district Lightning Premiership day at Toomuc Reserve, Pakenham.
Local schools Oatlands...
Clever techniques have a positive flow-on effect
STUDENTS from Pakenham Consolidated School were celebrating last week after taking out a water-saving gardens design competition.
Up against hundreds of other schools, the...
Bus blow a sign of the times
By Paul Dunlop
STOP the bus, we want to get on.
That’s the message from frustrated Pakenham resident Michael Runting, who says vandalism has prompted the...