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Guggenheim adventure
By PETER DOUGLAS UPWEY visual arts student Bianca Lentini is preparing for the trip of a lifetime after recently being awarded a prestigious scholarship. Ms…
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Feather in cap for lyrebird group
THE preservation of habitat for lyrebirds in the Sherbrooke Forest has received a major boost, with a national grant to help one of the longest-running…
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Party like it’s 1959!
By PETER DOUGLAS WITH just nine weeks left before Mount Evelyn erupts into party mode, the Dandenong Ranges community is being urged to clear their…
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Belgrave man charged over commercial cannabis crop
By VICTORIA STONE-MEADOWS GEOFFREY Barnard, 61, of Belgrave has been charged with drug related offences after Croydon Divisional Tasking Unit raided properties in Belgrave, Ferntree…
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Busted: large-scale cannabis crop seized in raids
By VICTORIA STONE-MEADOWS A BELGRAVE man, 61, has been arrested following drug raids carried out by Croydon Divisional Tasking Unit early this morning at three…
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Fun day fights brain cancer
By VICTORIA STONE-MEADOWS A MOUNT Evelyn family has planned a family fun day to help raise money for brain cancer research after their father was…
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Cold test for honeyeaters
HELMETED Honeyeater watchers will better gauge in the coming weeks how successful the species has been at overcoming this winter. According to the Department of…
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Cobras to encourage healthy living
MONTROSE’S Sarah Court Pre-school will soon host the Kilsyth Cobras team members to celebrate the healthy local living. To help inspire physical activity, the pre-school…
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Fireys welcome life-saving gift
By VICTORIA STONE-MEADOWS BELGRAVE CFA has been awarded a $100,000 grant from the Victorian Government’s Volunteer Emergency Services Equipment Program. The grant is one of…
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VEC omits town
By VICTORIA STONE-MEADOWS MOUNT Evelyn community members are feeling disenfranchised by the Victorian Electoral Commission after the town was omitted from official paperwork. Mount Evelyn…
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Police Briefs
Credit card questions POLICE are appealing for help in identifying a man who allegedly used credit cards stolen from a car in Ferntree Gully earlier…
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Running Rabbits earns stripes
THE Running Rabbits Military Museum, operated by the Upwey-Belgrave RSL, has been granted accreditation by Museums Australia (Victoria). It is the first RSL museum to…