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Permit for precinct plan
The Olinda Precinct Plan is moving ahead with councillors approving the planning permit at the council meeting on 9 October. The project will transform the…
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Oh deer
Yarra Ranges Council was one of four outer eastern councils who wrote to premier Daniel Andrews to ask the government to tackle the burgeoning deer…
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Woman missing after Upwey house fire found safe and well
A 43-year-old woman who went missing from a house fire in Upwey has been found. Police report that the woman was located “safe and well…
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Life’s little treasures
Not particularly concerned, but unable to get rid of a worried feeling, Jacquie Smith from Monbulk drives to The Angliss hospital hoping everything is ok.…
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Planning for summer
After Black Saturday the Dandenong’s were identified as one of the most high-risk locations in Victoria. One way to reduce that risk is planned burning…
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Going swimmingly
The Olinda Community Pool has secured extra funding through the Pick My Project program. Member for Monbulk James Merlino announced on 3 October that the…
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Paint the town
Vacant walls in Mooroolbark will soon be revitalised with colourful artworks, after the town received funding from the Pick My Project program. The township secured…
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Burnham Beeches gets green light
Owners of Burnham Beeches Shannon Bennett and Adam Garrison have responded to the planning permit handed down last week. A planning permit was granted by…
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Training for the fire season
Upper Ferntree Gully CFA Captain Peter Smith knows the importance of training. In 2009 while fighting a bushfire in Lysterfield, their truck was burnt out…
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Eye in the sky
Mount Evelyn’s police and business community have welcomed a new network of CCTV cameras around the town. Casey MP Tony Smith officially launched the system…
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Belgrave CCTV unveiled
Belgrave’s police and business community have welcomed a new network of CCTV cameras around the town. Casey MP Tony Smith officially launched the system on…
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Road to recovery
A Belgrave podcaster wants to change the outcomes for sexual and family violence survivors. Ashleigh Rae is producing the Recovery podcast and building a social…