How to keep right staff
SMALL business owners are invited to a special recruitment workshop next month.
The Cardinia Shire Council is hosting a seminar on employing people to help...
Banking on success
By Melissa GrantLAKESIDE residents and business people will officially launch a proposal this Saturday in a bid to bring a community bank to the...
Brigade call for second station
By Paul DunlopPAKENHAM fire fighters are keen to have a presence on both sides of town.
Concerned that the rapid spread of housing and increased...
Seniors told of boom
CARDINIA mayor Kate Lempriere told a senior citizens’ gathering last week how the region’s growth was booming.
Cr Lempriere was a special guest at...
Fire clears pool
By Rebecca Fraser and Shaun InguanzoSCHOOL children were among scores of people forced to evacuate after a blaze broke out at Pakenham’s new pool...
Funds not enough
By Melissa GrantCONNECTIONS Child, Youth and Family Services will receive funding of up to $85,000 to help continue its work with young people in...
Petition gets set for Spring Street
THE fight for more schools in Pakenham is going to Spring Street.
Bass MP Ken Smith this week pledged to table a petition calling for...
Native giveaway for wildlife havens
A PLANT giveaway in Pakenham last week was a huge success.
Sponsored by the Nestle factory in Pakenham and delivered by the Cardinia Shire Council,...
Shower swap
CARDINIA council is again encouraging local residents to save water with a free showerhead exchange between Monday, 30 July and Friday, 3 August.
The showerhead...
Park plan
By Paul DunlopPLANS have been unveiled to step up the transformation of Pakenham’s PB Ronald Reserve from central recreation reserve to town park.
On Monday...
Arson probe into CFA blaze
By Paul Dunlop
A FIRE at a building containing sporting equipment owned by firefighters on Tuesday morning is being treated as suspicious.
Country Fire Authority crews...
Cardinia celebrates ability
RESIDENTS enjoyed a range of free activities and demonstrations to as part of the Cardinia Shire Council’s Celebration of Ability Day on Friday.
The special...