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CROWDS were up at this year’s Pakenham Show. The return of horse events brought people back to the show; with its gate takings double that…

PAKENHAM traders have the chance to find out how to use the council’s graffiti clean-up kits this Saturday. The council will run a graffiti removal…

YOUNG people in Pakenham are counting down to the Cardinia Shire’s National Youth Week Festival. They have been busy organising the Saturday April 4 event,…

HEAVY rain again fell for the annual Need For Feed benefit. Need for Feed co-ordinator and Pakenham Lions Club president Graham Cockerell earned the nickname…

EDUCATION Minister Bronwyn Pike popped into Pakenham Springs Primary School yesterday (Wednesday). Ms Pike officially awarded the school community with a Performance and Development Culture…

CARDINIA and Casey rail commuters will get to have their say on the state of the Pakenham and Cranbourne lines. A Parliamentary Committee will inquire…

THIEVES stole an Australian flag from a home near James Street on the Princes Highway, Pakenham, last week. The thieves took the flag, which was…

UNKIND weather didn’t stop almost 300 people taking to the track for the annual Lakeside Fun Run on Sunday. The event, which catered to all…

By Melissa Grant and Jade LawtonPAKENHAM workers are feeling the pinch of the world economic crisis and there are fears more will soon find their…

PAKENHAM Consolidated School students hit the turf running for a whole-school cross-country event last Friday. Pupils from grades Prep to 6 represented their respective houses…

ACHIEVING success in the tough economic climate will be the focus of Cardinia Shire Council’s next business forum. Business advisor Paul McCarthy will present ‘The…