Tag: News
Easy ways to avoid fire disasters
FOUR house fires in the past month could have been avoided, according to the CFA.
This week CFA District 13 Manager of Community Safety...
Harvest fiesta
By MELISSA MEEHAN
WHAT started as a small seed has grown into a flourishing garden of community collaboration.
Sarah Court Preschool will host its first annual...
Consensus on student safety
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
STUDENT safety is at the top of the list for both political parties who have announced they will install electronic speed limit...
Lifeline for health hub
By JESSE GRAHAM
BELGRAVE’S new multi-purpose health hub project took a step forward last week with business plans endorsed and lobbying for funds to begin.
The...
Labor’s plan for Angliss
By KATH GANNAWAY
ANGLISS Hospital at Upper Ferntree Gully will get a $20 million Intensive Care Unit and Short-Stay Unit if Labor wins government in...
Council calls the shots
By MARC MCGOWAN
COUNCILLORS Noel Cliff and Samantha Dunn are set to meet with celebrity chef Shannon Bennett this week to get a clearer picture...
Tourism feast
By MARC MCGOWAN
RESIDENTS will get a chance to air their views on celebrity chef Shannon Bennett’s Burnham Beeches redevelopment, despite community confusion suggesting otherwise.
Mr...
Hub is back up
THE reading room is stocked, the cafe is reopened and Mount Evelyn is abuzz with excitement.
After months of uncertainty following the Morrisons closure,...
Left dangling
By CASEY NEILL
A COCKATOO man cornered a vandal who’d trashed the town centre - but police were nowhere to be seen.
Peter Lee was on...
Heritage by foot
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
WALKING along the main street in Monbulk is now an educational experience, with a new heritage trail etched along the pathways.
The Monbulk...
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Burglaries arrest
A WOORI Yallock man will front court after being arrested for a series of burglaries in Yarra Junction and Gembrook.
The 22-year-old man was...
Social climbers rake in funds
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
EIGHT Mount Evelyn’s CFA volunteers are climbing for a good cause at the Melbourne Firefighting Stair Climb.
Sponsored by Fit Gym in Mount...