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Bracks opens new pool
By Paul Dunlop
PREMIER Steve Bracks and Olympic swim star Brooke Hanson have given the thumbs up to Pakenham’s new Cardinia LiFE aquatic and recreation...
Auction in the pink
By Callan DateA GROUP of mates are coming together in Pakenham to remember a friend and raise money for cancer.
Amy Wishart and Simon Henry...
Linda’s down in the dumps
By Elizabeth Lillis
SMALL business owner Linda Hunt is tired of people dumping household rubbish in her business’s bulk bins.
The owner of Café 127 in...
Stores cop a drenching
By Sarah Schwager
HEAVY rains caused havoc in Pakenham businesses last week.
Shop owners turned up to work last week after a weekend of torrential rain...
Rachel is warming to global cause
RESIDENTS are encouraged to get down to the Cardinia Cultural Centre on Saturday night to help raise funds for women across the globe.
Local artists...
Oval so good it’s … boring!
By Paul Dunlop
THE green, green grass of Pakenham’s football home is the envy of the district.
Even AFL players are talking it up.
Long-held plans to...
Stop being a drip!
RESIDENTS can now save even more water thanks to the Cardinia Shire Council’s showerhead exchange program.
Those who live in the shire just need to...
Top lip triumph for a mo-ving event
TEACHERS at Pakenham’s Beaconhills College joined forces for “Movember” to raise money for prostate cancer.
This involved growing a moustache for the month of November...
Civic arts project set to call for artists
By Paul DunlopCARDINIA’S civic art project in Pakenham is fast taking shape.
A shortlist of artists has been drawn up for what is to be...
Man hurt as car hits tree
AN 18-year-old man was taken to hospital with minor head injuries after the car he was travelling in hit a tree on Toomuc Valley...
Cross-country champions
By Melissa Grant
MEET Pakenham’s cross-country champions.
Pakenham Consolidated Primary School student Jessica Cox and Beaconhills College student Luke Joiner recently returned from Perth where they...
Get together for Christmas
By Paul DunlopPEOPLE who may be alone this Christmas can get together with other families at a community festive celebration.
Following a successful inaugural event...
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One giant leap for students
Around 250 excited students at Hampton Park Primary School were graced with a visit from Olympian long jumper and two-time Commonwealth Games Silver medalist...
