News
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Bridget for Evelyn
By Peter Douglas The Victorian Liberal Party has placed its faith in Bridget Vallence to lead the safe seat of Evelyn into the future, after…
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Top soccer complex nears completion
Local soccer players are raring to play on the new $9.8 million Monbulk Regional Soccer Facility, which is nearing completion. Construction is drawing to a…
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Turn this trash into cash
By Peter Douglas Clean Up Australia Day came early to Macclesfield on Thursday 2 March when a local team from Emerald cleaned up 8km of…
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Ambassadors clean up for platypus
A team of seven to 12-year-olds spent the morning of Sunday 5 March picking up litter in Belgrave as part of Clean Up Australia Day.…
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A roof over kids’ heads
Families in Ferny Creek are one step closer to getting updated facilities for their children. Victorian Minister for Education, James Merlino, visited Ferny Creek Primary…
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Cash bowls in to fire brigade
By Peter Douglas Monbulk bowlers recently enjoyed a sausage sizzle and then competed in a Wednesday social bowls event. And all the money raised went…
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Singer calls hills home
By Peter Douglas One of the world’s top musical theatre exponents is now calling the hills home, after moving to Upper Ferntree Gully just months…
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Card program ace in the deck
By Peter Douglas One art project at a time, The Basin Community House is helping to change the lives of Victorian inmates. As well as…
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Council signs on for health hub
By Peter Douglas Yarra Ranges Council will enter into a lease agreement with Inspiro over the to-be-constructed Belgrave Community Hub facility. At its 28 February…
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Healing touch of street art
By Peter Douglas A major street-art project in Belgrave’s Blacksmiths Way has been hailed a huge success, according to the event’s co-ordinator, TBC Australia. The…
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18 fine evaders nabbed
Eighteen fine evaders with a combined 1132 outstanding warrants were identified after a roadblock operation in Chirnside Park. On Tuesday 20 February, warrants valued at…
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Feet moving for mental health
There are many good reasons to walk, including for health and fitness. But Monbulk’s Misa Eng is set to walk from Frankston to Port Melbourne…