Tag: News
Special flames for winter games
PAKENHAM hosted a special group of athletes over the weekend.
The Special Olympics Victoria State Winter Games returned to the suburb for the fourth year...
Circus goat gone
By LACHLAN MOORHEAD
HOPES are fading for a six-month-old circus goat which has been missing for more than two weeks and is thought to have...
Star rises over hills
By LACHLAN MOORHEAD
LOOK closely to see the star that shines in Endeavour Hills.
That star is 10-year-old Bailey Barbour, a child actor who seems destined...
Mobile thieves on run
TWO men robbed a woman of her phone and swore at her when she was walking home from Hallam Railway Station last month.
About 5.10pm...
Flap over pigeon theft
THIEVES have ruffled the feathers of a Hallam pigeon breeder after they stole more than $10,000 worth of professional racing birds last week.
About 40...
Trophy rises out of dark hole
By LACHLAN MOORHEAD
PAM Amsden knew it as the dark hole.
This was how her daughter Debbie referred to the postnatal depression that claimed Debbie’s life...
Victoria gets simpler
By BRIDGET COOK
BUSINESSES will benefit from red tape savings after the State Government introduced changes to the Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Regulations last...
Tom’s a good Scout
By CASEY NEILL
HILTON Manufacturing founder Tom Hartley says his drive for success started with Scouts.
“I joined when I was 11. I came from a...
Scouts conducting ‘human auction’
By CASEY NEILL
LAKESIDE Scout Group is hosting an auction with a difference to raise funds - a human auction.
The group is holding its first...
Tas leads breed
By BRIDGET COOK
MOONLIT Sanctuary Wildlife Conservation Park has taken the plight of the critically endangered orange-bellied parrot under its wing.
Next week the Pearcedale animal...
Intruder threatens, locks up resident
A MAN threatened another with a knife, locked him in a cupboard and threw food at him in a bizarre aggravated burglary last week.
Police...
Drivers told to lock up
THIEVES targeted several cars in Bridle Place, Pakenham, last week.
Police said the thefts occurred between 6pm on 30 June and 12pm on 1...