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By MELISSA MEEHAN WHAT’S in a name? It could forge the way of the future and remember the past. The newly covered laneway in Emerald,…

By KATHRYN BERMINGHAM SUNNY skies and friendly faces greeted visitors to the annual Wandin-Silvan Field Days held at the Wandin East Recreation Reserve last weekend.…

By MELISSA MEEHAN TEN weeks after a large tree flattened parts of the Micawber Tavern, its owners and staff are busily preparing to re-open on…

By JODIE SYMONDS A SELBY resident turned a fallen tree into a work of art. The massive tree that crushed Belgrave’s Micawber Tavern in August…

By MELISSA MEEHAN EIGHTEEN teachers and countless students squashed into one portable was always going to be a tight squeeze. And without funding, new integration…

By JESSE GRAHAM CUTTING-EDGE technology and foray into an international market is on the horizon for Montrose’s Precision Shower Screens, after a $130,000 leg-up from…

By KATH GANNAWAY $3m upgrade for primary school celebrating 50th anniversary… STUDENTS returning to Mountain Gate Primary School on Saturday for the 50th birthday celebrations…

By MELISSA MEEHAN Tears flow as politicians ride wave of emotion… A $500,000 Labor election promise to save the Olinda Pool received raucous applause on…

By MELISSA MEEHAN CELEBRATING good food and gardening, Tecoma’s first FLAME Festival will be held this weekend from 2pm at the Tecoma Uniting Church. A…

By KATHRYN BERMINGHAM ECHO Youth and Family Services will receive $150,000 as part of the Napthine Government’s $12 million ‘Engage!’ program. The Emerald Youth and…

By KATHRYN BERMINGHAM Efforts to prepare for bushfire season have been stepped up with a new automated fire danger rating sign being installed in Montrose.…

By KATHRYN BERMINGHAM LACHLAN Fraser is a healthy, bright and active five-year-old – and his mum couldn’t be prouder. The prep student at Mount Evelyn…