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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…
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Councillors are champions
THE CARDINIA Shire Council has endorsed the Victorian Local Government’s Women’s Charter and named two councillors as Charter Champions. Despite Cardinia not having any female…
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New pledge for Outlook
LABOR candidate for La Trobe, Laura Smyth, has pledged $3.2 million to rebuild Outlook’s crumbling facilities. The Pakenham-based disability service provider, which services the federal…
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Election field is decided
By Danny ButtlerTHEY may been racing for some time, but the final fields in the 2010 Federal Election have only just been officially announced. McMillan,…
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Parking aplenty
THE fences are up – a view of things to come for Pakenham’s township. As works on the $80million Woolworths Pakenham Marketplace development gets underway,…
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Top brass set to visit area
By Melissa Meehan THE election has been called and politicians in McMillan and La Trobe are set to go into overdrive. While the electorate of…
