Tag: News
Ink art helps quake victims
By PETER DOUGLAS
TALENTED tattoo artist Jessi-Lee Hall has inked her way to raising $1750 for the victims of the Nepal earthquake disaster.
The...
Youngest hero
By PETER DOUGLAS
MONTROSE youngster Tiana Dewhurst was the youngest recipient of last week’s Junior Triple Zero Hero Awards.
At just four years of...
We need your kids
By LARISSA KUZEFF AND PETER DOUGLAS
OCCASIONAL childcare at Selby Community House could become a thing of the past if participation does not...
Electronic signs coup for safety
By PETER DOUGLAS
STUDENT safety is no longer a rocky road at Selby Primary School, thanks to a commitment to install electronic variable...
Pride of the league
By PETER DOUGLAS
THE annual Pride Cup is fast becoming the premier event in the Yarra Valley Mountain District Football Netball League calendar.
In...
Talented photographers rewarded
THE photography and exhibition competition held during the Emerald PAVE festival was again a well-supported success.
Presented by the Emerald U3A, the initiative drew a...
Sheep mauled to death
By RUSSELL BENNETT
A GEMBROOK family is distraught after a vicious attack from what they believe to be a pack of dogs left...
Talks begin on $50m funds spend
By PETER DOUGLAS
TWO Victorian Government MPs led top-level talks with Yarra Ranges Shire last week to discuss the spend of a $50...
Young heroes have a smile on their dials
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
SPEAKING clearly to a triple zero operator as his father was struck by sudden onset paralysis, 14-year-old Troy Lyall displayed bravery in...
Their buns are in the pink
By VICTORIA STONE-MEADOWS
FOR the fifth year in a row, Bakers Delight at Ferntree Plaza is participating in the Pink Bun fund-raising campaign.
Kate...
Snow day in the ranges
WINTER came early in the Yarra Ranges and surrounds last week, when a blisteringly cold day brought forth a sprinkling of snow.
Cold weather on...
Big moves on campus
By JESSE GRAHAM
LILYDALE’S former Swinburne campus could be the site of the Yarra Ranges’ new technical school, with the government moving to have the...