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Saved the day
By Bonny Burrows Two Cranbourne men have been labelled heroes after coming to the aid of a woman having a seizure behind the wheel on…
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Ben has time on his hands
By Bonny Burrows For Pakenham’s Ben Carpenter, the chance to work local was too good an opportunity to pass up – despite it involving a…
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Coffee cart courage
By Helena Adeloju The owners of a fire-bombed Heritage Springs cafe have bounced back, opening a coffee cart while the damage is repaired. Thida Lim’s…
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CCTV cameras for crime hotspot
By Bonny Burrows The long-awaited installation of blanket-coverage surveillance is underway at Pakenham crime hotspot Bourke Park in a bid to increase public safety. Cardinia…
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On track for Kokoda
Last year’s Harold Bould Kokoda Award recipients will take on the challenge of their lives when they walk the Kokoda Track next month. Pakenham Secondary…
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Monash madness
By Bonny Burrows Gear up construction and give it the works, demands La Trobe MP… Federal cash is “ready and waiting” for a $1 billion…
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Hairdressers take on family violence
By Helena Adeloju With a new program set to be rolled out next month, local hairdressers will be among the newest recruits in the fight…
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Cafe arson shock
By Helena Adeloju Thida Lim has been overwhelmed by the community support she has been shown in the days following the fire-bomb attack on her…
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Pakenham Gazette notches a century
“Fifty not out! It’s a fair score; but we are out to chalk up a century”. So wrote Pakenham Gazette proprietor Herb Thomas in the…
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Paky bomb squad
By Bonny Burrows and Helena Adeloju The police bomb squad was called to Pakenham twice in just three days, following the discovery of two suspicious…
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Fix Rix Road plea
By Bonny Burrows Residents of an unsealed section of Beaconsfield’s Rix Road are fed up with the road’s condition; however council says it has identified…
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Let there be lights
By Bonny Burrows A local driving instructor has questioned a six-month hold-up in activating pedestrian crossing lights at a Pakenham “danger zone”. Drive2Drive instructor Elaina…
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