Tag: News
VEC omits town
By VICTORIA STONE-MEADOWS
MOUNT Evelyn community members are feeling disenfranchised by the Victorian Electoral Commission after the town was omitted from official paperwork.
Mount...
Police Briefs
Credit card questions
POLICE are appealing for help in identifying a man who allegedly used credit cards stolen from a car in Ferntree Gully earlier...
Running Rabbits earns stripes
THE Running Rabbits Military Museum, operated by the Upwey-Belgrave RSL, has been granted accreditation by Museums Australia (Victoria).
It is the first RSL museum to...
Wood backs same-sex
By VICTORIA STONE-MEADOWS
FEDERAL MP for La Trobe Jason Wood has officially changed his stance to support same-sex marriage after having over 5000 voters in...
Passing of old warrior
By VICTORIA STONE-MEADOWS
MOUNT Evelyn RSL lost one of its founding members with the passing of Bill Phillips last month.
Mr Phillips led a fulfilled and...
Villas knocked back
By KATH GANNAWAY
YARRA Ranges Council has unanimously rejected a call from the owners of Burnham Beeches in Sherbrooke for a planning scheme amendment that...
Lions’ share for SES unit
By PETER DOUGLAS
THE Emerald and District Lions Club earlier this month presented the Emerald SES with a cheque for $1000, raised from the ‘Grow...
Page nabs pharmacy award
By PETER DOUGLAS
FORMER Upwey High School student Amy Page (nee Stewart) has been rewarded for her dedication, being named the 2015 Pharmaceutical Society of...
Tim’s sleeping rough
By VICTORIA STONE-MEADOWS
LAST week was Homelessness Prevention Week and saw former Yarra Ranges Mayor Tim Heenan spend his 100th night sleeping rough...
The fight to farm
By KATH GANNAWAY
CHANGES to planning rules that would pave the way for intensive farming in Green Wedge zones may come too late...
Bushwalkers tracked down
MONBULK police are asking budding bushwalkers to carry travel provisions in case of emergency, after seven people lost their bearings in Kallista over the...
Preschool prepares for milestone
By PETER DOUGLAS
EMERALD Preschool is putting the finishing touches on preparations to celebrate its 60th anniversary next month.
As with so many historic institutions, there...
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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...
