News
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Police briefs
Sports centre break-in POLICE are reviewing CCTV footage after the Monbulk Aquatic Centre was again broken into over the weekend. It is believed a male…
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Caution urged as police hunt caravan thief
By JESSE GRAHAM CARAVAN owners are being urged to watch out for a serial caravan thief, who attempted to make off with two caravans in…
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Spotlight on global tax dodging
By REBECCA BILLS BELGRAVE Heights brother and sister duo Simeon and Taminka Hanscamp joined hundreds of passionate campaigners in Canberra last month to advocate for…
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Diabetes on the rise
By JESSE GRAHAM A HEALTHCARE worker has warned community members to be wary of diabetes risk factors, after a dramatic rise in diagnoses in the…
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Grimes proud to serve
By JESSE GRAHAM NAIDOC Week was marked with a special visitor at the Angliss Hospital last week, to help acknowledge the contribution of Indigenous servicemen…
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President is never alone: Ash
By RUSSELL BENNETT AT THE Emerald and District Rotary Club’s 34th presidential changeover dinner at Upper Beaconsfield’s Pine Grove Hotel recently, outgoing leader Kristine Ash…
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Replanting delays
By JESSE GRAHAM CARDINIA Shire Council has said that no decision has been made on replanting trees at Emerald’s Worrell Reserve, nine months after chopping…
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Traders itch from vandals’ scratches
By JESSE GRAHAM A TECOMA trader has expressed dismay and disappointment after several main street shops were vandalised. Melissa Hentschel from Reptarium said she saw…
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Emerald remembers
By BEN CAMERON AND RUSSELL BENNETT MORE than 30 fallen soldiers from WWI with links to the Emerald area will be officially heralded under a…
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State steps in on Swinburne
By JESSE GRAHAM THE GOVERNMENT will be stepping in to help find a future for Lilydale’s former Swinburne site, after a callout for a new…
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Italy’s culture on show
By REBECCA BILLS ON the first Saturday each month they come together to share in Mass. And earlier this month, the Yarra Valley Italian Cultural…
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County behind the name
By REBECCA BILLS TIME and time again the Mount Evelyn History Group is asked the same question: “How was Mount Evelyn named?” And despite initial…