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Lockdown continues

VICTORIANS will remain in lockdown after Premier Daniel Andrews revealed lockdown will not be lifted from midnight Tuesday as originally planned. Speaking to media on...

Lockdown 5.0 hits the Hills

For the fifth time in 18 months Victoria has entered a lockdown, with students returning to home learning and non-essential businesses forced to close...

Council battles for post-storm help

Yarra Ranges Council is calling on a number of senior government officials to deliver extra funding, resources and support to residents of storm-ravaged communities...

Vinnies need winter woolies

Every day, volunteers and staff members of the St Vincent de Paul Society see the human faces behind homelessness statistics. Whether it be...

Claws come out in cat curfew clash

It will soon be illegal for cat owners to let their felines roam outside their property boundaries in Knox, with council set to impose...

Tony Smith announces he will be standing down

Federal member for Casey Tony Smith has just announced today 14 July he will be standing down at the end of this term after...

Home’s nine lives

After counting the 20th tree fall on the night of the storm, Mandy Williams gave up counting. Sitting in her Monbulk loungeroom on the night...

Drive-thru testing hub in Mooroolbark

Mooroolbark is now home to the only drive-through Covid-19 testing facility in the Yarra Ranges. DHHS announced on Wednesday 14 July that the all-new site...

‘Button Man’ horror to hit screens

Two Hills filmmakers have created a horror film based on a series of eyewitness encounters with a ghastly bushman said to roam the Victorian...

Baby dies, woman under police guard

A three-month-old child has tragically died after being hit by a train in Upwey on Sunday evening. The infant and a woman were both struck...

Roads reopen one month after storms

All major arterial roads across the Mount Dandenong region have reopened one month after wild storms hit the state. An estimated 7000 tonnes or...

Employers do their bit

Hours before the worst of the storm hit the Ranges, Emerald SES volunteer Louise Draper was already down at the unit raring to go....

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Introducing Twilight Trains on Thursdays at Puffing Billy Railway

Puffing Billy Railway is thrilled to unveil a new timetable packed with plenty more adventure, running from 23 December 2024 to 26 June 2025...