Wedding heartbreak
Sally Malek was dreaming of the day she got to pull on her custom-made wedding gown and walk down the aisle to marry her...
Swimmers lap up reopening of Olinda pool
Swimmers in the hills will dust off their goggles and don their bathers on 5 December, when Olinda Community Pool reopens the pool gates...
80km fight for sick kids
A Mt Evelyn man has raised $9,278.64 for the Kids with Cancer Foundation, successfully completing an 80km return marathon along the Warburton Trail on...
Special education upgrades enter final stage
Yarra Ranges Special Development School in Mount Evelyn will soon benefit from a further $8.92 million in upgrades allocated as part of the 2021/21...
School’s out for Principal Fitz-Gerald
There hasn’t been a day that Mary Fitz-Gerald hasn’t wanted to go to work in the last two decades.
But after 20 years as Principal...
Dancing on the mountain
The lush ferny forests of the Dandenong Ranges became centre stage over the weekend, as a group of dance artists took to the bush...
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Sportswomen needed
Gembrook Cockatoo Football Netball Club is seeking women who are interested in playing an open age women’s team for next year.
Players of all...
A gardening hand for Mallacoota
The devastating images of Mallacoota locals desperately fleeing their town by sea left a hole in the hearts of many local communities, desperate to...
Preschoolers draw awareness
A series of crisp white t-shirts pegged up along the front fence of Gembrook Preschool last week each told their own unique but important...
Chuckles wins hearts
She’s fluffy, vocal and has won hearts in the hills.
When Chuckle’s the Kookaburra’s nesting tree was felled in the Upwey Belgrave area in October,...
A tribute for a legend
“We’re doing this for Darcy and for the bush. This is what he would have wanted,” Merlin Brown, from one of the local groups...
The gift of giving
People throughout the Dandenong Ranges and beyond are being invited to help put a smile on the face of children in need this Christmas.
The...
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Chestnut Fest success, despite sour note
Kalorama Chestnut Festival goers attended in record numbers this year as the humble community event hit its 40th anniversary running.
Shortly after all the...
