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Keep your pets safe
Police are reminding people about securing animals while driving. Laws in Victoria prohibit driving with an animal on your lap while a driver or passenger…
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Thieves target cafe twice in eight days
As if the Covid situation wasn’t enough to deal with, a popular Pakenham cafe is now trying to pick up the pieces after being targeted…
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Unlicensed Pakenham man facing multiple charges
A Pakenham man was charged with multiple offences after attempting to flee the scene of a collision on Wednesday 12 January. They 18-year-old was charged…
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Australia Day by the lake
The recent Omicron wave may have put a dampener on local residents’ summer plans – but with Australia Day just around the corner, a Pakenham…
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Christmas decorations vandalised
It seems a couple of grinches were out and about in Pakenham’s Lakeside estate around the festive period, as colourful Christmas decorations put up by…
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Return To Work For Essential Workers
Given the number of COVID-19 close contacts continues to grow, Victoria’s public health team will provide more essential workers with an exemption from close contact…
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Strong winds topple tree, blocking road
Motorists in Nar Nar Goon North were lucky to escape the path of an enormous falling tree on Wednesday afternoon, after the pine came crashing…
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Teen charged in Pakenham stabbing
A 13-year-old boy has been arrested following a stabbing in Pakenham. Police said the incident occurred outside a fast-food outlet on the Princes Highway around…
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See something suspicious? Follow these directions
Police are reminding people to obtain as much information as possible when they see something suspicious. Your safety should always be your priority, though, so…
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Show returns
The district is preparing to return to its traditional agricultural roots when the 2022 Parklea Pakenham Show goes ahead in March. After a cancelled show…
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Woman found deceased
Police will prepare a report for the coroner following the death of a woman at Kooweerup on Tuesday 11 January. Police were called to the…
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Foamy fountain fun
It seems like some pranks never grow old… Pakenham’s Sid Earle Reserve water fountain, on the corner of the Princes Highway and McGregor Road, was…
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