Superheroes in the making
Lilydale Primary School students will be one step closer to becoming real-life superheroes, thanks to St John Ambulance Victoria’s First Aid in School Programs...
Leap of faith into reality television
By Peter Douglas
Mount Evelyn couple Ali and Lis hit television screens at 7.30pm, on Tuesday 12 June, on Channel Nine, taking a...
OAM has a good ring to it
By Kath Gannaway
Boxing has been a life-time passion for Lilydale’s Kelvin Bryant, starting as a young boy in Balmain in Sydney to...
Top honour
By Peter Douglas
A lifetime of dedication to strengthening the relationship between Australia and Indonesia has earned an Emerald local one of the nation’s...
OAM for proud producer
By Derek Schlennstedt
"We dedicate this station to the full service of the community."
That was it. Eleven simple words, six decades ago to...
Those magnificent men and their steam engines
By Derek Schlennstedt
At 2.30pm in 1961, five 16-year-olds from Camberwell High School met and held a formal meeting, where they adopted a...
Walking for the OAM
By Derek Schlennstedt
Robert Goodwin is very much at home when walking the many tracks around the Dandenong Ranges.
The CFA member of almost...
Belli a life member
By Jamie Strudley
Yarra Ranges Athletics’ Saturday morning cross-country was held at a sunbaked Margaret Lewsi Resreve in Coldstream.
After a robust congratulations to...
$1 million gift
By Peter Douglas
A $1 million donation to The Basin community has left the public in awe over a popular couple’s lifetime of...
Designed saves lives
If there’s one thing Upper Ferntree Gully CFA volunteer Darren Johnson wants to protect as much as his community, it’s his fellow firefighters.
Darren has...
Journey of empowerment
By Peter Douglas
With November’s state election looming, one of the region’s most important not-for-profit organisations could capitalise on the many commitments being...
Nomination for compelling novel
By Peter Douglas
Upwey-based author Lia Hills has entered the company of Australia’s literary elite, after earning a place on the 2018 Longlist...
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$10k reward offered for kangaroo killer
A $10,000 reward is being offered for information regarding the illegal shooting of several kangaroos at Cardinia Reservoir Park two weeks ago.
Victoria Police responded...
