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The Round-up
SES battered by calls Wild winds battered the Dandenong Ranges last week bringing flooding and power outages to the region. On Friday, 10 August, Emerald…
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Big step towards work
New work boots will help Cire Community School students to kick open doors to future employment. James Simon from Port Melbourne-based Workwear Group handed over…
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Give it to the firefighters
That dinner set you got for Christmas that’s not your style? Take it to the Mount Evelyn Fire Brigade. That goes for the second toaster…
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A practically perfect show
Yarra Hills Secondary College students will be bringing the magic of Mary Poppins to life. They’ll perform Mary Poppins Junior at the school’s Mount Evelyn…
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Q&A with Mark Menze, CEO of Animal Aid
What is something people don’t know about you? As a teenager I had a fledgling acting career and did extras work on Neighbours. I’m sure…
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‘Quirky’ hotel for valley visitors
A new 170-room, six-storey hotel is set to rise from a former petrol station site in Lilydale. Barnes Capital director Martyn Barnes said the complex…
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Smash a Parma and help a farmer
Australians love smashing a parma at the pub and now just by eating your favourite pub meal you can help drought-affected farmers. Call it putting…
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Celebrating 100 years of art
The Twenty Melbourne Painters Society (TMPS) was established in 1918 with the view of mounting annual exhibitions of members’ work. Ten decades later the society’s…
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The house that Maxa built
A passive eco home in Kallista was awarded the Best Energy Efficient Design at the 23rd Building Designers Association of Victoria (BDAV) Building Design Awards.…
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Defibs for Upwey and Belgrave
Chemists in Upwey and Belgrave are now armed with defibrillators. The Dandenong Ranges Community Bank Group launched its Special Defibrillator Sponsorship program this month by…
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Body found in Belgrave
Police will prepare a report for the Coroner after the body of a man was found in Belgrave on Wednesday 8 August. They were called…
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Commemorating Kokoda
It has been 76 years since Australian forces fought a series of battles along the Kokoda trail to try and hold back advancing Japanese forces…
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