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Vaughan’s on the tongs
BY HELEN COLLIER WHEN you look back across a varied and distinguished career such as Vaughan Hinton’s, the common thread that runs throughout it is…
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Arts day full of colour
BELGRAVE Heights Christian School encouraged its students to get creative last week, holding the ItzAAA festival. No normal classes were run on 4 May as…
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Bowel scan reminder out
By VICTORIA STONE-MEADOWS ROTARY clubs from Belgrave, Emerald and Monbulk districts are urging people to have their bowels tested in May. For the entire month…
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Intensive boost
By VICTORIA STONE-MEADOWS $20m funds for hospital upgrade including state-of-the-art ICU in State Budget… THE Angliss Hospital in Upper Ferntree Gully will receive a new…
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Farm has quilts covered
By KATH GANNAWAY MORE than 40 quilts are set to take centre stage at the 10th Warratina Patchwork Exhibition over the next two weeks. The…
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Schools win out in budget
By JESSE GRAHAM AND VICTORIA STONE-MEADOWS SCHOOLS and community groups were the big winners in the Yarra Ranges and Dandenongs under last week’s State Budget,…
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Wet weather crash
Briefly POLICE are urging drivers to pay attention to the roads in the wet weather, after a serious crash at the site of a recent…
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Olinda pool rescue confirmed
By Peter Douglas THE Olinda Community Pool Association (OCPA) finally has reason to celebrate, with the Victorian Government announcing $500,000 to repair and reopen the…
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Thousands puff against train
By Peter Douglas MORE than 3000 runners headed to Emerald over the weekend for the 34th Great Train Race. In another incredibly well-received event, Steve…
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(Mis)adventure with Trees?
By KATH GANNAWAY AN OBJECTOR to changes envisaged in the operation of Trees Adventure in Belgrave told Yarra Ranges councillors last week that as many…
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Course turns oval
VICTORIA STONE-MEADOWS THE old Olinda Golf Course is set to become a new sports oval and dog walking area. Victorian Minister for the Environment, Climate…
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Boost for soccer
By PETER DOUGLAS THE unveiling of the new changerooms at the Keith Hume Fraser Reserve last Wednesday marked the end of five years’ work for…