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Assignment with a difference
By Paul DunlopPAKENHAM Secondary College students are going on assignment. Their mission? To entertain audiences and impress theatregoers. The college production The Assignment will be…
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Heads turn as wheels roll
CARDINIA residents swapped cars for bicycles yesterday (Wednesday) morning as part of national Ride to Work day. Locals pedalled their way to the Pakenham Plaza…
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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…
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‘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 of…
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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…
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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 biggest…
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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, which requires…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…