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A living heritage
FEDERAL Liberal MPs Greg Hunt and Senator Mitch Fifield went on a forest tour during a visit to the Grants Picnic Ground in Sherbrooke...
Council poisons trees
EMERALD residents were left devastated after discovering that 10 oak trees, each 100 years old, had been mistakenly ringbarked and poisoned by Cardinia Shire...
Mt Evelyn tops awards
MOUNT Evelyn residents took out three of four certificates of recognition in the Yarra Ranges Australia Day awards.
Friends of Warburton Trail and Friends of...
Thieves hit op shop
VOLUNTEERS at the PWP Op Shop in Upper Ferntree Gully have slammed the thieves who broke into their store last week, labelling the act...
Off with those locks
A MOUNT Evelyn girl is taking the plunge to go bald in support of leukaemia sufferers, raising thousands of dollars for a cause close...
Crowds warm up to market
DESPITE 40-plus degrees Celsius temperatures last Thursday, residents flocked to the Mount Evelyn Twilight Market to check out the latest wares and entertainment.
There were...
Slammed for not slashing
A GROUP of Kalorama residents have accused Yarra Ranges Council of putting lives at risk, after failing to slash dry grass in time for...
Sirens to give first alert
THE Dandenong Ranges will be among the first to have emergency sirens in place to warn residents about potentially life-threatening incidents and nearby dangers.
Twenty...
Root of tree problem
AN OLINDA resident has slammed Yarra Ranges Council for not taking down a “problem” tree two years ago that last week fell across the...
Tassie fire fight
A GROUP of hills firefighters recently returned after lending a helping hand to those battling the bushfires in Tasmania.
Six firefighters from Belgrave South, Emerald,...
Month old fire reignites
FIREFIGHTERS fought one of the hills’ first major fires on a total fire ban day last week, attending a re-ignited out of control burn-off...
Awards are action for environment
TWO local schools have been rewarded for their environmental efforts in a series of awards by Yarra Ranges Council.
The Patch School, Belgrave Heights Christian...
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Victorian Government ramps up illicit tobacco regulation measures
Just a week after the Star Mail delved into the issue of the illicit tobacco trade, the Victorian Government has announced its measures to...
