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Three cheers to Jade
By JESSE GRAHAM SELBY’s Jade Johnson will compete on an international stage in less than a month, jetting off to Dallas, Texas, with a team…
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Rate cap may not fit
By JESSE GRAHAM YARRA Ranges Council will be forced to strip back rate rises next year under a government plan to reduce “unnecessary” revenue-raising by…
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Farm women flock in
By KATH GANNAWAY HEALESVILLE has been chosen for the 26th Women on Farms Gathering in March this year, and the plan is that it will…
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Ambo station protest
By KATHRYN BERMINGHAM THE property on the site of the new Tecoma ambulance station has been demolished, amid talk that construction is about to begin.…
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Experts on trail of tree killer
TREE experts will make their way to the hills in the next two months to hunt down a pine-tree killing bug that has been detected…
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Eleven ‘bloody idiots’ nabbed
By JESSE GRAHAM AND KATH GANNAWAY “JUST a little bit over … ” drivers should know the rest of that highly publicised ‘drink-drive’ slogan, but…
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Remember, pets are a privilege
Editorial by JESSE GRAHAM WHEN controversial laws and ideas are raised, the debate about them is often fierce and there is an ever-present danger of…
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Loo given more time
By JESSE GRAHAM MONTROSE’S public toilets have been saved from the chopping block until a replacement is built, after Councillor Len Cox intervened during last…
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Mentoring teams go out
YARRA Ranges Council’s Youth Services team is co-ordinating several youth mentoring programs to help young people in the hills reach their full potential through positive…
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Hoons hunted down
Briefly POLICE are searching for information about hoons around the hills, after police were called out to a camping ground in Hoddles Creek over the…
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Plea for mercy
By JESSE GRAHAM EMERALD’s Mary Farrow has urged her fellow Australians to show compassion, as condemned Bali Nine members wait with their lives on a…
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Power of passion
By JESSE GRAHAM A RELENTLESS drive to better the world around him saw Kalorama-raised Thomas King crowned with one of the highest honours for a…
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