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A time for giving
By MELISSA MEEHAN CHRISTMAS time for many is a time of celebration and giving, but for some others it brings a world of stress and…
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Christmas countdown
CHRISTMAS time is fast approaching and for Jack, 12, Caitlyn, 7, and Riley, 5, from Yarra Junction, it couldn’t come any sooner. They dressed up…
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Ticking all the right boxes
By GEORGIA WESTGARTH WITH less than a week until voting booths open across Victoria, thousands of people are participating in a Victorian Electoral Commission (VEC)…
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Fire-prone 1000 Steps
By MELISSA MEEHAN DO you know that the 1000 Steps is closed on a day of total fire ban? This was just one of the…
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State Election 2014: Evelyn Candidates
Christine Fyffe, Wandin North Liberal History in the community: I arrived in Australia in 1967, a few years after I met and married David. Working…
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Puffing upgrade pledge
By KATH GANNAWAY PUFFING Billy’s growing popularity, with visits rising from 284,000 to 303,000 in the last two years is a nice situation to be…
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Station scores with pride
By KATHRYN BERMINGHAM A LOCAL radio station has been recognised for its broadcast of a footy match to eradicate homophobia. Emerald radio station 3MDR-97.1fm received…
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Kinder help
By MELISSA MEEHAN Kallista Kindergarten revamp, extension pledged… IT’S bursting at the seams, but an election promise of $250,000 from the Labor Party could mean…
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Olinda scoops the pool
By KATH GANNAWAY THE Hills community’s fight to save the Olinda Pool has been won. Yarra Ranges Council voted six to two at Tuesday night’s…
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Fallen remembered in silence
By KATHRYN BERMINGHAM THE story of a heroic local soldier was shared at the Monbulk Remembrance Day service last week. Jim Cowey served at Gallipoli…
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Rail fails
I AM a keen student of politics and public transport. Trawling through the Baillieu/ Napthine pre-election promises of 2010 you will discover a promise to…
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True believer
I WRITE on behalf of what is now recognised as one of the largest grassroots campaigns in the country, the community fight against McDonald’s in…
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