Tag: News
Kindred spirits light the night
By Victoria Stone-Meadows
NEARLY one hundred people turned out for a candle lit vigil in Belgrave to commemorate the life of Syrian toddler Aylun Kurdi...
Dynamic duo in print
THE Mount Evelyn History Group will this weekend launch a locally focused book about Dr Bill Hardy and Gwen Hardy.
The pair has been described...
Police hunt meat thieves
In brief
IF YOU know of any suddenly announced barbecues, Yarra Ranges Crime Investigation Unit (CIU) Detective Sergeant Pat Barrow wants to hear from you.
Police...
200 blitz high school
By PETER DOUGLAS
DRAWING on the concept of ‘Backyard Blitz’, the Mount Evelyn-based Discovery Community Care 'blitzed’ Lilydale High School last weekend and completed an...
Kai and his Minions
By VICTORIA STONE-MEADOWS
NINE-YEAR-OLD Belgrave South Primary School student Kai Malcolm wanted a way to help his baby cousin Isabelle, who has been diagnosed with...
Patch on the planet
By VICTORIA STONE-MEADOWS
THE Patch Primary School has been running an environmental management program for the students for about 15 years, but this year a...
Bright Sparks of music
By VICTORIA STONE-MEADOWS
SPARKS is a three-piece band from the Dandenongs that recently won the Yarra Ranges finals of the Freeza Battle of the Bands...
It’s a steak-out
By JESSE GRAHAM
IF you know of any suddenly-announced barbecues, Yarra Ranges Crime Investigation Unit (CIU) Detective Sergeant Pat Barrow wants to hear from you.
Police...
Indecent exposure
By JESSE GRAHAM
POLICE are searching for a man who exposed himself in front of children last week in Kilsyth, and have appealed for help...
Make a fuss for our platypus
By PETER DOUGLAS
THEY’RE one of Australia’s most recognisable mammals and they need our help.
Thankfully, the annual Belgrave Platypus Festival is making it easy for...
$1m pavilion pledge
By PETER DOUGLAS AND VICTORIA STONE-MEADOWS
THE dream of a first-class pavilion at the Monbulk Recreation Reserve has taken another leap forward, with Yarra Ranges...
New twist on pink ribbon event
By Peter Douglas
MATER Christi College students last Tuesday joined forces to hold their breast cancer awareness day.
In display of great compassion and teamwork, the...
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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...
