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Ferntree Gully man is custody after alleged bikie-bashing

A 30-year-old Ferntree Gully resident and alleged Hell's Angels Leader faced Melbourne Magistrates Court on Thursday 17 February on charges of intentionally causing serious...

Streeton Ward by-election voting closing soon

Voting for the Streeton Ward by-election closes at 6pm on Friday 18 February. Completed ballot material must be posted before final local mail clearance time...

State Government Act that outlaws conversion practices in effect

As of 17 February 2022, the Change or Suppression (Conversion) Practices Prohibition Act 2021 passed by the Victorian government comes into effect, criminalising any...

QR codes, density and dancefloor limits to be scratched

QR codes, density limits and restrictions on indoor dancefloors across the Dandenong Ranges will be scratched from 6pm tomorrow as part of new pandemic...

Ash Wednesday 1983

On 16 February 1983, at 3.24pm, a bushfire started on Birds Land near Mount Morton Road at Belgrave Heights. The temperature at 2 pm was...

CovidSafe measures to continue in schools

Schools in the Dandenong Ranges will soon receive more rapid tests with CovidSafe measures in schools and early childhood settings to continue until the...

Lysterfield man missing

A family is pleading for information on the whereabouts of their 19 year old son Samuel, who has gone missing following a planned camping...

Council funding for knox volunteer organisations

Knox City Council will award $750,000 dollars a year to local not-for-profit organisations to provide welfare, wellbeing and volunteer support to the community, for...

Mount Dandenong Preschool continues at Olinda Primary

Mount Dandenong Preschool will continue to run its three and four-year-old preschool programs from Olinda Primary School into 2022, as Yarra Ranges Council waits...

Emergency Relief Service open to donations

With the Dandenong Ranges Emergency Relief Service receiving large donations of pet food from Pets of the Homeless Australia, the Belgrave-based charity is seeking...

Schools, councils and not-for-profits can apply for new road safety funding

The Victorian government has announced that schools, councils, and not-for-profit organisations can now apply for a funding boost for grassroots road safety initiatives to...

Big Brothers Big Sisters looking for Boronia mentors

Big Brothers Big Sisters Australia is now recruiting volunteers to become mentors for local young people in the Boronia area after receiving $50,000 in...

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Community links closed for Cup Day

Yarra Ranges Council's Community Links are closed for the AFL Grand Final Eve public holiday. They will reopen on Monday 30 September at their normal...