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Group to help inner struggle
By ALANA MITCHELSON A NEW support group for people struggling with mental health issues will open in Pakenham this Tuesday. Led by a facilitator, residents…
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Honouring the brave
THE Anzac Day dawn service at Pakenham was personal for Bass MP Brian Paynter. When it was his turn to address the large crowd that…
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Valour for war veteran
By ALANA MITCHELSON PAKENHAM’S Matthew Moore was awarded a Quilt of Valour ahead of Anzac Day for his war efforts during World War II. The…
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Fitting parade for Yakkerboo milestone
By ANEEKA SIMONIS EXCITED little faces bundled onto colourful and creative floats which made their way through central Pakenham for Yakkerboo’s annual parade on the…
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Founding principal chairs network
By ALANA MITCHELSON A NEW Pakenham state primary school has appointed its founding principal. Previously referred to as Pakenham South West Primary School, the new…
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Beauty has a purpose
By ALANA MITCHELSON A CARDINIA Lakes beauty pageant contestant will fight for a wildcard place in the Miss World Australia national final. Having failed to…
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Vying for nappy change world record
By ALANA MITCHELSON A GROUP of local parents will simultaneously change their babies’ cloth nappies next Saturday in an effort to break a world record.…
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Walk through war
By GARRY HOWE A COMMITTED group of local history sleuths has again been busy digging up details of Anzac heroes in preparation for a cemetery…
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Committee tasked with boosting tourism
By GEORGIA WESTGARTH WHAT’S the region’s identity? That’s the question the fresh-faced Cardinia Shire and City of Casey tourism advisory committee is trying to work…
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Hazardous stretch flicks stones
By ALANA MITCHELSON LOOSE stones along a curved street at Lakeside are causing a hazard to drivers and collecting in the driveways of local residents.…
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Wheelie bin attack on gas tanker
By ANEEKA SIMONIS DRUGGED drivers caused havoc on the roads, wheelie bins were thrown at motorists who were lucky to escape serious, potentially fatal, injuries,…
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On show for all
By RUSSELL BENNETT THE patchy Melbourne weather on Saturday did little to dampen the spirits of locals at the 2016 running of the Parklea Pakenham…
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