Tag: News
Thieves’ low act
HEARTLESS thieves have robbed a Belgrave Heights Op Shop over the weekend.
Yarra Ranges CIU Detective Senior Constable Paul Edyvane said a number of bric-a-brac...
Funds injection for ailing hospitals
EASTERN HEALTH cannot guarantee services will be saved despite the Federal Government’s redirection of funding.
Last week, Federal Health Minister Tanya Plibersek said Eastern Health...
Get into the groove
THE Dancing Ground Festival at Gembrook’s Gilwell Park later this month is sure to get local residents up off their couches and moving to...
Burning house threatens bushland
A HOME was destroyed last week in Selby by an intense blaze that threatened to spread into nearby bushland and required quick thinking and...
Day out for CFA calendar
THE search is on for 12 Little Angels to feature in the next Little Angels CFA Calendar 2014.
Fran O’Conner has opened up her studio...
Artists share ties that bind us
YOUTHS from the Yarra Ranges have been given an opportunity to express themselves and learn about safe and healthy relationships in a workshop and...
Walkers kept out of harm’s way
A PATHWAY will be completed in the coming months, bridging together Belgrave and Kallista saving pedestrians unnecessary danger form cars and saving local vegetation.
Works...
Heads shine up for shave
FIREFIGHTERS from Macclesfield Fire Brigade will be sporting shiny bald heads when they lose their hair for the World’s Greatest Shave next month.
Six blokes...
Fuel leak road jam
A TWO car crash on Burwood Highway in Upwey caused traffic mayhem last Tuesday evening after firefighters were forced to close the road to...
Burning off taboo
POLICE and CFA are urging residents to pay attention to fire warnings and know the rules about burning off before lighting fires.
The call comes...
Heat on for CFA
ABOUT 40 fire-fighters battled a house fire in Tecoma in blistering heat last Wednesday afternoon.
Fire-fighters from Belgrave and Tecoma were called to the blaze...
Day of planning
MOUNT EVELYN’s community has banded together for another year to help plan the future for the town in the annual Township Planning Day.
The event,...
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Kate clocks up 50 years with Seeing Eye Dogs Australia
In 1974 Kate Watkins got her first Seeing Eye dog, a moment she’ll never forget.
She finished high school on the Friday. The following Monday...
