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Saddle up for Oaks Day
PAKENHAM will be the place to be on Oaks Day with a great social day of racing action.
The spring carnival meeting on Thursday, 3...
Churches banking on Christmas hamper help
Sue Lewis and Dot Buttle with food ready for the Christmas hampers.Paul DunlopCHRISTMAS is fast approaching and the 4Cs Food Bank at Pakenham is...
Kids fly the flag for athletes
Left: Pakenham Hills student leaders Chris, Tayla, Brooke and Corey with the Victorian flag.PAKENHAM Hills Primary School children are flying the flag for Victoria...
Shops open up for business
PAKENHAM’S newest shopping centre was officially opened last week.
The $7 million shopping village at Lakeside features Bi Lo’s first supermarket in the Shire of...
Galloping great day
Mary Veli and Kerrie Blew enjoyed Oaks Day at Pakenham.PUNTERS and party people raced to the Oaks Day meeting at Pakenham last Thursday.
The fashion...
Desperation for charities
St Vincent de Paul volunteers Chris and Sheila and other local charity groups would welcome food donations for distribution to needy families in the...
MPs get up to something fishy
Labor MPs Geoff Hilton and Tammy Lobato release the fish with the help of Tammy’s daughter Ashleigh.Fisheries officer Darren Deering releases the fish into...
Fat man fires up
Santa is soon to hit the streets of Pakenham.In what has become a popular local tradition, the white-bearded Christmas icon will be taken around...
Modern touch an – exciting phase
The new shopping and activity centre plan released last week.By Paul DunlopA NEW ‘suburb’ is being built from the ground up on Pakenham’s north...
‘Dead’ turf gets the green light
Seb Paynter, Jarrod McMullen and Matt Davey from Evergreen Turf at the Pakenham football oval yesterday. Despite concerns about its brown colour,...
Kids give the green thumbs up
Below: Kyal, Nathan and student teacher Bernadette Palmer plant trees at Pakenham Consolidated School.Right: Monique and Morgan ensured their tree was well protected.Left: Dion,...
Take time out to look back
Come and see: Audrey Dodson with displays of old clothing at the Berwick/Pakenham Historical Society headquarters in Pakenham.PAKENHAM people have a chance to take...