Not-so-grand Australian flag isn’t so easy to replace
We need to talk about your Australian flag, Belgrave.
Up a flagpole in Belgrave is a torn, tattered and ragged Australian flag that for the...
It’s none of our business, but…
True believers
Do you believe there is a panther-like creature roaming the Yarra Ranges?
It turns out that 89 per cent of our readers do.
We ran...
Firefighting reforms passed
Fire service reforms will enhance or destroy the CFA, depending on who you listen to.
The Legislative Council, the state’s Upper House, passed the controversial...
A TRIP you won’t forget
Funerals are confronting, road death and injury are confronting, and, in part, the Teenage Road Information Program (TRIP) is confronting.
The combined Knox emergency services...
Building fire in Upwey deemed suspicious
A fire in Upwey Main Street at the old Upwey motors site is considered suspicious and is being investigated.
On 18 June, an advice warning...
Budget big on education
In recent weeks we handed down our state budget.
It is a budget I am incredibly proud of.
It includes funding for a number of initiatives...
Warm hearts help in winter
As winter’s chill begins to bite, spare a thought for those who are doing it tough.
Cold days and freezing nights make life difficult for...
A Bright Lot
In 1976, a year after she had finished teaching at a small country school, Upwey writer Greta began to write a memoir recounting her...
Celebrating their first
On Sunday 2 June the 1st Kallista Joey-Scout Mob celebrated its first birthday with a party attended by Joeys, Cubs, and Scouts from 1st...
CFA members stoked about new truck
Macclesfield CFA volunteers are “stoked” after taking delivery of a brand new fire truck last week.
The new 2000 litre fire truck replaces an appliance...
Charges over hardware swindle
A 38-year-old Mooroolbark man will answer burglary and theft charges over an incident in Lilydale in May.
Yarra Ranges CIU detectives appealed for public help...
Arrest over Monbulk burglaries
Police arrested and charged a man from The Patch over a series of burglaries in the Monbulk area.
Sergeant Mark Smithwick from the Yarra Ranges...
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Candidates debate strategy, funding, and long-term responsibility
Strategy, funding, sustainability, long term maintenance and who exactly is responsible? Week four of the Star Mail campaign continues to explore and determine the...
