News
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Kids patrol the streets
PREP students at Pakenham Springs Primary School took a tour of Pakenham’s prominent places including the Main Street, Cardinia Cultural Centre and police station as…
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Clean out the wrong medicine
PARAMEDICS are urging residents to spring-clean their medicine cupboard, a job they say could help save lives. Ambulance Victoria paramedic team manager Alicia Doreian said…
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Division dumped
By Melissa GrantCOUNCILLORS have halted a developer’s plan to carve up a strip of land on Ahern Road into 43 lots, saying the proposed subdivision…
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Cardinia hosts legendary horse race
By Melissa Grant A CIVIC reception was held in Pakenham on Tuesday night as the official countdown to one of the world’s most prestigious horse…
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Prehistoric preschool
PAKENHAM preschoolers were time warped to the prehistoric ages as part of a Museum Victoria program. The children were thrilled when personnel from the museum…
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Job boom mapped out
By Melissa Grant MULTI-MILLION dollar retail developments and a job boom were the focus when Cardinia Shire chief executive Garry McQuillan addressed the business community.…
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Holiday program
YOUNG people in Cardinia will be able to ride the thrills and spills at Melbourne’s Luna Park these school holidays. Ice skating, an excursion to…
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Laundry looted
THIEVES stole a quantity of cash from Pakenham Laundromat last week. The thieves smashed the rear window of the John Street business on the night…
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Thieves target
PAKENHAM Secondary College was again targeted by thieves last week. Thieves entered a shed on the school grounds and stole tools and sporting equipment some…
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Funding boosts relief agency
EMERGENCY relief provider 4Cs has received a welcome $3906 boost in the lead up to Christmas. The AMP Foundation last week handed over a cheque…
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Lock-down lesson
By Jade LawtonPAKENHAM’S Crime Prevention Officer has called on residents to help police stamp out opportunistic crime. Leading Senior Constable Eddy MacDonald, Crime Prevention Officer…
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Overcrowding signalled
By Jade LawtonPAKENHAM line trains are among the latest and most crowded trains on the metropolitan network, according to two new surveys. Connex data shows…