Tag: News
Languages learnt early
PRESCHOOLERS at the Kallista Kindergarten are now learning Japanese as part of the Australian Government’s $9.8 million Early Learning Languages Australia (ELLA) trial.
Scott Ryan,...
Boost to health career
By PETER DOUGLAS
MOUNT Evelyn tertiary student Kate Taylor was among four in the Yarra Ranges who received a $3000 scholarship and encouragement...
SES unit ‘in dire straits’
By PETER DOUGLAS
THE Emerald State Emergency Service (SES) unit has again been overlooked in the State Budget, despite the Victorian SES ranking...
Impatient drivers endanger crew
DRIVERS who ignored road blocks along Liverpool Road last week were placing lives at risk, according to The Basin CFA.
Victoria Police, Ambulance Victoria and...
Two programs to boost farming
By VICTORIA STONE-MEADOWS
FEDERAL Minister for Industry and Science, Ian Macfarlane, and La Trobe MP, Jason Wood, last week visited Mountain Harvest Foods...
Car arson: witnesses wanted
POLICE are searching for witnesses, after a car fire on Brandt Road in Lysterfield last week.
At 2.20am on Tuesday 19 May, emergency services crews...
Senior faces long jail term
By VICTORIA STONE-MEADOWS
PETER Chilcott, 62, last week pleaded guilty to failing to stop in a hit-and-run car accident involving a pedestrian in...
Farming issue is intense
By KATH GANNAWAY
YARRA Ranges councillor Jim Child has rejected suggestions a proposed planning scheme amendment could pave the way for factory farming.
A petition launched...
Bartering the basics
By CASEY NEILL
THE Jessops moved to Macclesfield to get back to basics.
They bought a rundown 15-acre farm riddled with jumping jack nests and fallen...
One brave save
By KATH GANNAWAY
Time-critical manouvres to rescue 33-year-old Candy caught in fallen branches, vines, and lying on cold ground...
SURROUNDED by familiar faces on Sunday, 33-year-old...
Any takers for campus?
By JESSE GRAHAM
EXPRESSIONS of interest for Lilydale’s former Swinburne University campus will only be open for TAFE providers and dual-sector universities, according to Education...
Police put on the anchors as ‘boat chase’ goes awry
POLICE are searching around the hills for an early ’90s model Ford Falcon after a low-speed pursuit including a boat this afternoon.
During a routine...
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Celebrating Venetia Barnard – nearly a century of impact in Kallista
A beloved Kallista member Venetia Barnard died a week before her 90th birthday, her community and loved ones are getting together to celebrate the...
