Bright spark
By Marc McGowanPAKENHAM teenager Michael Grant is celebrating three years of hard work after being selected as the apprentice of the year this month.
Mr...
‘Slow down for safety’
- Jim MynardVICROADS Pakenham Bypass project manager Charlie Broadhurst has asked motorists to heed the posted speed limits at work sites in the interests...
Life’s skills are just a spray away
YOUNG artists will have their work take pride of place at Pakenham’s Services Central.
Cardinia Shire youth services has just finished facilitating an arts program...
Trains back on track
RURAL commuters will no longer have to catch coaches to Pakenham after trains returned to the Gippsland line on Friday as part of the...
Pokie fears drive Liberal MP
By Elizabeth Lillis CARDINIAmay become a target for additional poker machines, according to local Liberal MP Ken Smith..
He fears State Government policy,...
Lucky escape for driver as truck rolls
A TRUCK driver had a lucky escape when his concrete truck rolled in Pakenham on Tuesday afternoon.
Emergency service workers said the truck, loaded with...
Threat hits home
By Elizabeth LillisHOMEOWNERS in Pinehill Drive Pakenham had a close call when a grass fire spread through their backyards on Tuesday evening.
The fire threatened...
Pub cheers
By Paul DunlopICONIC waterhole Pakenham Hotel is about to have a major facelift.
The historic pub, a favourite meeting place for locals, will undergo significant...
Jewellery stolen
JEWELLERY worth an estimated $8000 was stolen from a Pakenham home last week.
Police said thieves forced entry through a side window of the Aberdeen...
Friend rallies for truckie
By Sarah Schwager
A PAKENHAM woman is helping raise money for the family of a local truck driver who died last Friday.
Close friend of Pearcedale...
School house leaders appointed
THERE is no shortage of leadership at Pakenham Consolidated School.
The school recently appointed its young leaders with Julie Morris, Chelsea Hall, Riley Humphreys and...
Petrol charge
A MAN has been charged with stealing petrol from a Pakenham service station.
Police say the 20-year-old Mornington man drove off from the Ampol station...