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Storyboard tells tales of volunteers, fund-raisers
THE generous efforts of Eastern Health donors and volunteers have been celebrated with a storyboard unveiled at Angliss Hospital.
The storyboard showcases the importance of...
Memorial to driver safety
By PETER DOUGLAS
FOUR young CFA members in the Dandenongs and three community members were recently rewarded for completion of a defensive driving course.
Thanks to...
Take a step back in time
By PETER DOUGLAS
THE Mount Evelyn Street Party is ready to hit town again.
The biennial community event will go ahead from 10am to 3pm on...
They tackled the track
By PETER DOUGLAS
A GROUP of eight adventurous students from Emerald Secondary College have just returned from a trip of a lifetime, tackling the Kokoda...
Freed cannabis man on a high
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
A MENZIES Creek man sentenced over the cultivation of a commercial quantity of cannabis has been freed from jail.
In November last year,...
Club rings in world champ
By VICTORIA STONE-MEADOWS
KNOX Gymnastics Club in Ferntree Gully has a new edition to its coaching staff in the form of former world champion gymnast...
MP moves for animal test ban
By VICTORIA STONE-MEADOWS
LA TROBE MP Jason Wood has introduced a private members’ bill to the House of Representatives to ban the practice of cosmetic...
Extreme measures needed
LAST Tuesday was a taste of the forthcoming summer bushfire season.
At least six different fires burned on a day of Total Fire Ban in...
One dead, eight injured in Mount Evelyn crash
By Jesse Graham and Jodie Symonds
UPDATE: Friday, 9 October
A TEENAGER was killed and eight others were hospitalised on Tuesday night in a single-car crash in Mount...
Sky the limit for solar initiative
By VICTORIA STONE-MEADOWS
EMERALD and District Co-operative Society has taken a bold move towards a renewable future with the installation of 115 solar panels on...
Slowing council spending
By JESSE GRAHAM
A YARRA Ranges resident is putting the spotlight on council expenditure, drawing hundreds into a Facebook group and preparing a run for...
Green to be seen
By VICTORIA STONE-MEADOWS
TWO groups of young people celebrated finishing up six months of hard work as part of the Green Army program at Birdsland...
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Increasing kinder places for Yarra Ranges is not on the Victorian...
Although Yarra Ranges Shire was missed in the new plan of opening up new kinders, the State Government has tried to increase the capacity...
