Tag: News
School smashed
POLICE are looking for information after Pakenham Primary School was vandalised last week.
Between 9pm on 3 July and 1pm on 4 July, the glass...
Tradies told to tie down loads
POLICE are reminding tradesmen to make sure their trailers are registered and their loads are secured.
Acting Sergeant Andrew Jones from the Pakenham Highway...
Yakkerboo show merge talks
THE Pakenham Show and Yakkerboo Festival could be running together as a single, two-day event by 2017, according to Cardinia councillor Kate Lempriere.
With Cardinia...
Loud and proud, maate!
By BRIDGET COOK
CRANBOURNE’S born and bred Nanna Shazza epitomises the idiom bogan - she’s a Collingwood supporting, Holden loving, bourbon drinking, toothless grandma.
And now...
Racing to glory
By DAVID NAGEL
Tier-one horse training facility in Tynong to be opened this month...
PAKENHAM Racing Club is set to tick off another key milestone in...
Special Olympic fever is here
OLYMPIC fever will grip Pakenham this weekend as Special Olympics Victoria (SOV) open their Winter State Games competition.
The opening ceremony will be held at...
Needy need needles
CARDINIA Waters Retirement Village is knitting for the needy this winter.
The Pakenham estate’s Stitch and Giggle group and other residents have been busy creating...
Cranbourne GP Run stalls
BUSINESSES and organisations have the opportunity to take advantage of the thousands of people who roll into town for the Cranbourne GP Run.
The City...
Dream rides on crest of the waves
By BRIDGET SCOTT
LAYNE Beachley made waves at the Cardinia Cultural Centre last week as she captured the undying attention of about 150 guests at...
Drive away phones theft
POLICE have warned people be wary of handing over their phones to strangers to use, after two teenagers were robbed of theirs recently.
Two 17-year-old...
Work experience widens horizons
By JENNA HUTTON-MURDOCH
THE News welcomed Alkira Secondary College student Jenna Hutton-Murdoch into our Pakenham office last week for some journalism work experience. She was...
Raid nets drugs and guns
POLICE seized shotguns, a rifle, stolen motorbikes and a commercial quantity of drugs during a raid on a Narre Warren house last week.
Police searched...