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More Aboriginal jobs call
By JESSE GRAHAM
THE COUNCIL has defended its intake of Indigenous employees, following a speech at last week’s meeting from Councillor Noel Cliff accusing the...
Girls’ footy grows up
By VICTORIA STONE-MEADOWS
MOUNT Evelyn Football Club will the first team in the AFL Yarra Ranges league to field a senior women’s football team in...
School brekkie club catching on
By VICTORIA STONE-MEADOWS
THE start of this school term saw two schools in the Monbulk electorate join the State Government-supported breakfast club program.
The School Breakfast...
Artwork highlights litter impact
HILLS artist Emma Jennings has used her latest piece of artwork to highlight the impact litter has on the surrounding environment, while also encouraging...
Welcome to new Australians
A GROUP of Yarra Ranges residents are this week enjoying their first as an Australian citizen, after attending the shire’s citizenship ceremony at the...
Peace talks on shelter
By PETER DOUGLAS
THE fiercely debated future of the Emerald Bus Shelter may have reached its conclusion, with Cardinia Shire Council and Emerald Community House...
One with those sleeping rough
By JESSE GRAHAM
HOMELESSNESS in the Yarra Ranges will be at the forefront during a week-long series of events put on by charities next month,...
100 years of Wandin
By JESSE GRAHAM
FRIENDS, family and well-wishers gathered at the Gruyere Hall on Sunday, 24 July, to congratulate the Yarra Valley’s latest centenarian, Moira Burgi.
Ms...
Nannas seek yarn about gas
By PETER DOUGLAS
THE click-clacking of knitting needles isn’t what one would expect to hear at a protest.
But Knitting Nannas Against Gas members used the...
Great sense of achievement
By VICTORIA STONE-MEADOWS
A COUPLE from Monbulk who have roughly 40 years of environmental volunteering between them are encouraging more people to get involved in...
Grandmothers on a mission
By PETER DOUGLAS
THESE grandmothers are fed up and they’re seeking to create change.
Although only in their fourth month since formation, the La Trobe chapter...
Curtis down but not out
By PETER DOUGLAS
WHILE it may feel like an eternity since polling day, the race for La Trobe 2016 has been run and won.
Labor candidate...
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To great heights: CFA train at Skyhigh
Recently, Kalorama-Mt Dandenong CFA invited their neighbouring brigades of Sassafras-Ferny Creek, Olinda and Montrose to join them on a combined training session at Skyhigh,...
