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Who’s a parent? Who?

By Peter Douglas ‘Mr Owl’ and ‘Mrs Owl’ may be about to become ‘Mumma’ and ‘Pappa’ Owl in the coming weeks, according to local Powerful...

Electric Mike is low-carbon

By Peter Douglas Some call him ‘Mike’, others ‘councillor’ - but many more are starting to call him the ‘low-carbon councillor’. Cr Clarke’s new nickname has...

All smiles with glowing lanterns

By Derek Schlennstedt Thousands of residents from the Dandenong Ranges took to the streets of Belgrave with their homemade lanterns over the weekend to help...

Applied learning bright sparks honoured

Students from Ranges TEC in Lilydale received two VCAL awards for 2016. Many of Victoria’s best and brightest students were recognised in the VCAL 2016...

Kids get inclusive

By Peter Douglas A small team of Emerald Secondary College students has been busy promoting diversity over the past months. The students, who call themselves PRIDE...

Christmas set to shine

By Peter Douglas A Monbulk Business Network fund-raising committee is on a mission to brighten up Christmas in town for 2017. Over the past 18 months,...

‘Hello’ to healthier drinking habits

By Wendy Williamson Help is at hand for Hills residents wanting to change their drinking habits, according to one local woman. Eastern Melbourne Primary Health Network...

Has Labor ‘run out of steam’?

By Peter Douglas A proposed $9 million discovery centre at Emerald Lake hangs in the balance, after expected funding from the State Government failed to...

Legal aid in the hills

By Peter Douglas Hills residents now have increased access to free legal assistance. The Dandenong Ranges arm of the Eastern Community Legal Centre (ECLC), located at...

Missing in forest

By Peter Douglas Public assistance is being sought to locate missing Emerald man Nathan Dompietro. Nathan, 26, was last seen in the Bunyip State Forest at...

Taste of success

By Peter Douglas A back-to-basics approach to food preparation has helped one Upwey family to breathe easy again. After enduring months of worry over the health...

Superstar ‘losers’

By Peter Douglas Hills locals Adie Bergen and Leon Gailitis have been impressing friends and family with their incredible weight-loss story, while being announced the...

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CFA responds to hazmat fire on Monbulk Road

In the early hours of Monday, October 28, the Kallista-The Patch CFA and Belgrave Fire Brigade were called to a fire involving a spray...