Tag: News
How now Picasso cow
By REBECCA BILLS
BELGRAVE South Primary School students have a new, rather large, edition to their school in the form of a life-size cow called...
Tip fees blamed for dumping
By JODIE SYMONDS
INCREASED tip fees could be to blame for a Mount Evelyn roadside being used as a dumping ground.
Angry resident Katie Barber,...
Visitors focus on exciting science
By REBECCA BILLS
IT’S all thing science at Upwey Primary School with staff and students celebrating Education Week through science activities.
As part of the week,...
Hopeless group helps raise hope
By REBECCA BILLS
A TOTAL of 150 residents came together last Thursday to raise funds for cancer research as part of the Cancer Council’s Australia’s...
Warm setting for morning tea
By REBECCA BILLS
IT WAS a location change at the Mount Evelyn Biggest Morning Tea that saw participants enjoy the morning even more.
After the...
Come along for strumming
By MONIQUE KUZEFF
THE hills will be thriving with the sound of ukuleles at the Emerald Ukulele Festival from 31 May to 1 June.
Local ukulele...
Mountain challenge
By REBECCA BILLS
SHE’S only 22, but determined to climb a mountain.
And not just any mountain, Africa’s Mount Kilimanjaro.
Kalorama’s Rhiannon Thomas is embarking on a...
‘Avalanche’ of positive ideas
By REBECCA BILLS
PROJECT Upwey members are blown away by the community’s response to the Upwey Community Conversation and Workshop.
Last Monday, more than 140 community...
Suspicious fire probed
POLICE are investigating a shed and bungalow fire they believe was deliberately lit last weekend in Monbulk.
Detective Senior Constable Rod Newberry said emergency...
Men’s shed future builders
By REBECCA BILLS
Morrison Men’s Shed members say they are determined to carry on despite losing as much as $12,000 in the Morrison House closure.
President...
Moving, still proudly local
WE’RE coming together to strengthen our service to the community.
A stronger editorial and advertising team will be based in brand new offices in...
Art’s deeper message
By DAVID ALLEGRETI
“I don’t think about art when I’m working. I try to think about life.”
This was the philosophy of the late American artist...