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Storm recovery takes hold on business
Business owners from ridge-top communities gathered for a business recovery meeting in Olinda last week as many remain closed due to road closures and loss…
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Cooking for Kalorama
A Belgrave Indian restaurant has taken large pots of Indian cuisine to the streets of the Hills each week, vowing to feed the mountain community…
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Seat of Gembrook to go
Electoral boundaries in the Hills are set for a shake-up with the seats of Gembrook and Ferntree Gully proposed to be abolished entirely. The Victorian…
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Builders asbestos death a warning to others
Terry Wright was a builder by trade and a champion sportsman by leisure. Above all – Terry was a gentleman, old-fashioned in his ways and…
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Men build homes for displaced possums
With thousands of trees down across the Dandenongs, a number of loved local wildlife species have had to find makeshift homes. At Upwey Primary School,…
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11-year-old sends socks to storm-battered Ranges
Bengy Orwin can’t recall ever visiting the Dandenong Ranges, but when he heard about people suffering after the storm, he immediately wanted to help. Over…
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DRERS digs deep
Dandenong Ranges Emergency Relief Service (DRERS) has “never been so busy”, with displaced mountain residents in need of help now more than ever following the…
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Let there be lights
The mammoth task of rebuilding the Dandenong Ranges power network is running ahead of schedule. After a crew of around 500 Ausnet workers took to…
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Bringing arts and community together
After four days without power following the storm, the moment light was restored to Burrinja Cultural Centre was a lightbulb moment. Eager to help, the…
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Let there be lights
Around 500 Ausnet workers will be on the ground in the Dandenongs in coming days to rebuild the power network. Ausnet has advised street access…
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Five charged with Ranges car thefts
Five people have been charged with alleged car thefts in the storm-afflicted disaster zone in the Dandenong Ranges. Two Dandenong men, a Clayton man, a…
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“A real dog’s act”
Heartless thieves have stolen generators and burgled the vacant houses of storm-battered Yarra Ranges residents. Victoria Police Chief Commissioner Shane Patten told 3AW on Thursday…
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