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Pool making waves again
By Melissa Grant
RESIDENTS are making waves at the Pakenham Outdoor Pool with large numbers flocking to the refurbished facility.
Families and school children are among...
Action-packed show set to be ‘greatest ever’
By Sarah SchwagerMORE new and exciting events than ever before will be part of the package at this year’s Pakenham Show.
Visitors to the show...
Traffic disrupted after two car crash
AN ACCIDENT involving two cars disrupted traffic on Racecourse Road in Pakenham on Wednesday morning.
The two vehicles collided at about 7.30am.
Pakenham police officers attended...
Camera shy!
By Paul Dunlop
MOTORISTS could hardly feel blinded by the glare of speed cameras in Pakenham.
The State Government’s release of all speed camera sites across...
Truckie faces
By Melissa GrantPAKENHAM’S Big Brother housemate Travis Perkins is up for eviction.
The truck driver, 32, may be booted out of the Gold...
Births are booming
IT’S boom time for babies.
Cardinia Shire Council’s maternal and child health service recorded 226 births between October and December 2006.
This was more than 50...
Thief in disguise
A THIEF posing as a tradesman burgled a house in Pakenham last week.
The theft, in Drysdale Street, has prompted police to warn residents to...
Browned off
By Elizabeth LillisBUSINESSES in Pakenham associated with the garden industry are beginning to be affected financially by the water restrictions imposed during the drought.
Pakenham...
Donation will be prized
CARDINIA Shire mayor Kate Lempriere is constantly promoting the arts in Pakenham and has put council’s money where her heart is. Cr Lempriere won...
Drivers praised
POLICE have praised drivers for a safe weekend on Cardinia’s roads.
Although 36 drivers were detected for 51 offences during operation Barabbas, police were pleased...
Smoking may become very expensive
SMOKERS have been asked to carry their own cigarette butt disposal container to stop cigarette butts getting into waterways.
Containers are commercially available as small...
Drug warnings
PAKENHAM Police have issued drug warnings to two young drivers.
Police pulled over a driver at 2am on the Old Princes Highway in Beaconsfield.
Cannabis was...
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Get your fire plans finalised
Victorian producers are more aware than most of the importance of being prepared and having a plan in place for livestock during a fire.
With...
