Tag: News
Kinder funds flow
By KATH GANNAWAY
PRE-SCHOOL educators, parents and kinder kids will benefit from continued pre-school funding announced last week.
After almost a year of intense...
Cam has seen the world
BY HELEN COLLIER
CAM Mackay has lived in some interesting parts of the world and, wherever he has lived, he has volunteered in...
Vaughan’s on the tongs
BY HELEN COLLIER
WHEN you look back across a varied and distinguished career such as Vaughan Hinton’s, the common thread that runs throughout...
Arts day full of colour
BELGRAVE Heights Christian School encouraged its students to get creative last week, holding the ItzAAA festival.
No normal classes were run on 4 May as...
Bowel scan reminder out
By VICTORIA STONE-MEADOWS
ROTARY clubs from Belgrave, Emerald and Monbulk districts are urging people to have their bowels tested in May.
For the entire...
Intensive boost
By VICTORIA STONE-MEADOWS
$20m funds for hospital upgrade including state-of-the-art ICU in State Budget...
THE Angliss Hospital in Upper Ferntree Gully will receive a...
Farm has quilts covered
By KATH GANNAWAY
MORE than 40 quilts are set to take centre stage at the 10th Warratina Patchwork Exhibition over the next two...
Schools win out in budget
By JESSE GRAHAM AND VICTORIA STONE-MEADOWS
SCHOOLS and community groups were the big winners in the Yarra Ranges and Dandenongs under last week’s State Budget,...
Wet weather crash
Briefly
POLICE are urging drivers to pay attention to the roads in the wet weather, after a serious crash at the site of a recent...
Olinda pool rescue confirmed
By Peter Douglas
THE Olinda Community Pool Association (OCPA) finally has reason to celebrate, with the Victorian Government announcing $500,000 to repair and...
Thousands puff against train
By Peter Douglas
MORE than 3000 runners headed to Emerald over the weekend for the 34th Great Train Race. In another incredibly well-received event, Steve...
(Mis)adventure with Trees?
By KATH GANNAWAY
AN OBJECTOR to changes envisaged in the operation of Trees Adventure in Belgrave told Yarra Ranges councillors last week that as many...