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Crossings set to close
By JESSE GRAHAM
UNDER-USED school crossings face the chop under a Yarra Ranges Council review announced last week.
However councillors said at their 22 July meeting...
Veterans can now march proud
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
THE acting president of a local Vietnam Veterans Association of Australia (VVAA) branch will stride proudly alongside other ex-servicemen and women in...
Cooking with passion
By REBECCA BILLS
THEY are passionate about cooking up a storm and creating job opportunities for every member in the community.
And the Mount Evelyn locals...
Four push for the front
YVMDFNL Wrap 26 July
What another week of football and netball in the Yarra Valley Mountain District Community Bank Football Netball League.
Division 1 has...
Trail reveals Irish roots, begorrah!
By RUSSELL BENNETT
MANY Emerald residents are likely unaware that their town is named after the Irishmen who came to the area from the Emerald...
A win-win deal
By JESSE GRAHAM
New bike trail to resolve cyclists and environment group dispute
CYCLISTS and an environmental group struck a deal last week to build a...
Wallowing in the mud
IT WAS a busy day at Monbulk football ground, with six games worked out in muddy conditions. The Under 9s kicked off the day...
Final lap of record row
By JESSE GRAHAM
LESS than 2000 nautical miles remain between former Belgrave rower Tim Spiteri and Africa, as a world-record ocean row enters its final...
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Bus crush
AN infringement notice was issued to a tourist bus driver after one of his passengers was pinned between the bus and a parked...
Town’s history comes alive
By REBECCA BILLS
ALL things history will be discussed at the upcoming Ferntree Gully ‘then and now’ talk later this month.
The Ferntree Gully Library is...
Cash to keep on truckin’
By REBECCA BILLS
EVELYN MP Christine Fyffe personally called the Lilydale SES station controller Col Matheson last week to say his organisation had received a...
Ring reunites
By JESSE GRAHAM
WHEN Yarra Ranges Councillor Maria McCarthy found a wedding ring while renovating her house almost a decade ago, she was determined to...
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Searching for a new neighbourhood house provider
The Department of Families, Fairness and Housing (DFFH) is seeking funding submissions for a neighbourhood house provider to deliver services tailored to the community...
