Tag: News
Please consider
By Peter Douglas
Yarra Ranges Councillor Mike Clarke is calling on hills residents to consider the visual impact of a proposed development on the iconic...
Grandmother Loke to shave locks
By Peter Douglas
Monbulk grandmother of 16, Frances Loke, is preparing to shave off her beloved long locks, all in the name of charity.
In honour...
Bridget for Evelyn
By Peter Douglas
The Victorian Liberal Party has placed its faith in Bridget Vallence to lead the safe seat of Evelyn into the future, after...
Top soccer complex nears completion
Local soccer players are raring to play on the new $9.8 million Monbulk Regional Soccer Facility, which is nearing completion.
Construction is drawing to a...
Turn this trash into cash
By Peter Douglas
Clean Up Australia Day came early to Macclesfield on Thursday 2 March when a local team from Emerald cleaned up 8km of...
Ambassadors clean up for platypus
A team of seven to 12-year-olds spent the morning of Sunday 5 March picking up litter in Belgrave as part of Clean Up Australia...
A roof over kids’ heads
Families in Ferny Creek are one step closer to getting updated facilities for their children.
Victorian Minister for Education, James Merlino, visited Ferny Creek Primary...
Cash bowls in to fire brigade
By Peter Douglas
Monbulk bowlers recently enjoyed a sausage sizzle and then competed in a Wednesday social bowls event.
And all the money raised went to...
Singer calls hills home
By Peter Douglas
One of the world’s top musical theatre exponents is now calling the hills home, after moving to Upper Ferntree Gully just months...
Card program ace in the deck
By Peter Douglas
One art project at a time, The Basin Community House is helping to change the lives of Victorian inmates.
As well as winning...
Council signs on for health hub
By Peter Douglas
Yarra Ranges Council will enter into a lease agreement with Inspiro over the to-be-constructed Belgrave Community Hub facility.
At its 28 February meeting,...
Healing touch of street art
By Peter Douglas
A major street-art project in Belgrave’s Blacksmiths Way has been hailed a huge success, according to the event’s co-ordinator, TBC Australia.
The ‘Big...