‘Quirky’ hotel for valley visitors
A new 170-room, six-storey hotel is set to rise from a former petrol station site in Lilydale.
Barnes Capital director Martyn Barnes said the complex...
Smash a Parma and help a farmer
Australians love smashing a parma at the pub and now just by eating your favourite pub meal you can help drought-affected farmers.
Call it putting...
Celebrating 100 years of art
The Twenty Melbourne Painters Society (TMPS) was established in 1918 with the view of mounting annual exhibitions of members’ work.
Ten decades later the...
The house that Maxa built
A passive eco home in Kallista was awarded the Best Energy Efficient Design at the 23rd Building Designers Association of Victoria (BDAV) Building Design...
Defibs for Upwey and Belgrave
Chemists in Upwey and Belgrave are now armed with defibrillators.
The Dandenong Ranges Community Bank Group launched its Special Defibrillator Sponsorship program this month by...
Body found in Belgrave
Police will prepare a report for the Coroner after the body of a man was found in Belgrave on Wednesday 8 August.
They were called...
Commemorating Kokoda
It has been 76 years since Australian forces fought a series of battles along the Kokoda trail to try and hold back advancing Japanese...
Fence cut, bikes pinched
Thieves stole $13,000 in motorcycles from an Upwey home.
Yarra Ranges CIU detectives are investigating the theft, which took place in Hughes Street between noon...
Pavilion for everyone
A new pavilion, complete with community meeting areas will be built to serve local sports clubs and groups across the Monbulk area.
Member for...
Hopes for long-lost-woman
Police have not given up hope on finding missing woman Joanne Gaye Deason, who was last since in Gembrook on 22 August 2003.
Then in...
Emerald students walk the anti-anxiety line
Emerald Secondary College Students have come together to participate in the Future Problem-Solving Australia program.
The program brings together more than 140 schools from around...
Mapping Emerald’s past
A map of historic Emerald is giving the community a glimpse into its past.
The heritage groups in Casey Cardinia launched the map at their...