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Funds turn bus wheels
PAKENHAM has been given the biggest ever injection of funds for public transport improvements in the Cardinia region. Transport Minister Peter Batchelor on Monday announced…
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Green light for Blue Hills units
FIVE new units will be built next to a child-care centre in the Blue Hills estate at Pakenham. Cardinia councillors approved the application by J.…
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Ceremony lays old ghosts of the Vietnam war
MORE than 100 people attended a function at the Cardinia Cultural Centre in Pakenham on Friday to officially express appreciation for the service provided by…
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Handy tips steal show
ASPARAGUS was the word — and taste — on everybody’s lips in Pakenham on Saturday. The Celebrate Asparagus Festival was a feature of the October…
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Comeback for hard waste
RUBBISH dumping in Cardinia is set to diminish with the reintroduction of shire-wide bi-annual hard and green waste collections. The Cardinia Shire Council recently accepted…
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Seniors get safer
SENIOR citizens have just become a whole lot safer thanks to a joint initiative of Cardinia Shire Council, University of the Third Age (U3A) and…
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Louts warned on vandalism
By Paul DunlopVANDALS set fire to a school bin, a car windscreen was smashed and a concrete block was thrown through the front window of…
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Bully bird
By Melissa GrantSWOOPING birds have children at a Pakenham kindergarten ducking for cover. Pre-schoolers at Pakenham Heights Kindergarten are seeking refuge in sandpits and under…
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No happy trails for police, riders, residents
POLICE have expressed concern about motorbike riders in parks and around housing estates. Pakenham Police Sergeant Stuart Halligan said police would be stepping up patrols…
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A snapshot of emergency
RESCUE workers put their skills to the test at the Cardinia Road Safety Expo and Pakenham Free Family Fun Day on Saturday. Demonstrations of what…
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Nursery helping people grow
By Paul DunlopA PAKENHAM plant nursery is helping residents to grow a new lease on life. Outlook, formerly known as Minibah, develops programs for people…
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Fire probe continues
POLICE are continuing their investigations into a fire at Pakenham’s new pool last Wednesday. The alarm was sounded and fire crews were called about 2pm…
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