News
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Top honour for decades of service
By ALANA MITCHELSON LONG-TIME Officer resident Carol Porter is one of three Cardinia residents who have been honoured with a Medal of the Order of…
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Local take on Great War documented
By ALANA MITCHELSON A BERWICK resident has published a booklet, documenting media reports across Casey and Cardinia throughout the Great War. Ian Good, who has…
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CFA used as ‘pawns’ by political parties
By VICTORIA STONE-MEADOWS PAKENHAM CFA has accused state political parties of using the CFA as ‘pawns’ in the latest dispute, and is confident the union…
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Fitness centres face management shake-up
By ALANA MITCHELSON MORE than 1 million visitors are expected through the doors of Cardinia’s major recreation centres as new facilities begin to open under…
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Striking CBD kindness
IF you thought teenagers were selfish and narcissistic, this might change your mind. Year 9 students at Beaconhills College are bringing a ray of joy…
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$80k street artists
By ANEEKA SIMONIS UP TO $80,000 in ratepayer money will be spent on two art works for Main Street in Pakenham. Council hopes it will…
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Fit to do the rounds
BY JARROD McALEESE FOR more than a decade, Marushka Vytopil and Bronwyn Berry have been delivering newspapers in the community and the pair speak positively…
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No fails on rails
By ANEEKA SIMONIS MULTIPLE reports of boom gate and signalling failures at a notorious Pakenham level crossing have been dismissed by Public Transport Victoria (PTV).…
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Reconnected to education
YOUNG people in the south-east who left school early are getting a leg-up into education. Chisholm Institute received $900,000 in the 2016-17 state budget to…
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News on the street
By JARROD McALEESE PAKENHAM resident John Van Vugt has been delivering the Pakenham News for nine years and speaks proudly about how it has improved…
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Call to combine help
By JARROD McALEESE THE 4C’s (Cardinia Combined Churches Caring) is seeking volunteers to assist with its work in serving residents within Cardinia shire. The Christian…
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Banking on the environment
By RUSSELL BENNETT THE Lakeside Bendigo Bank branch has combined with Lakeside College to reinforce the environmental sustainability message. Recently, the bank held an exchange…