News
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Girls travel to China
By REBECCA BILLS EIGHT Year 9 Mater Christi students have returned from a trip of a lifetime. The girls were part of a six-week immersion…
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Labor’s crossing vow
By ANEEKA SIMONIS LABOR has pledged it will remove a level crossing on the Maroondah Highway in Lilydale if it wins the State Election. Visiting…
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Church volunteers do the heavy lifting
By REBECCA BILLS ONE hundred and ninety volunteers came through with the goods to revamp Yarra Hills Secondary College and Mount Evelyn Special Development School…
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Viewers protest over ABC fears
By MELISSA MEEHAN HE WAS out of the office on business, but a protest outside Casey MP Tony Smith’s office on Thursday sent a strong…
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Parents’ fears
By REBECCA BILLS Childcare disruption leaves families unsure about the future… CHANGES are to be expected. That’s the word from UYCH CEO Sally Brennan in…
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Under bird attack
By REBECCA BILLS MANY locals have struggled with cockatoos attacking their house, but for Menzies Creek resident Heidi Schlennstedt it’s a pesky kookaburra that won’t…
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Hills’ new trade gem
By MELISSA MEEHAN IT’S the hidden gem of the hills according to federal MP Jason Wood – and he could be right. Belgrave Heights Christian…
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Mount Evelyn truck crash
By REBECCA BILLS EMERGENCY crews are currently on scene at a collision between a car and a truck on Swansea Road, Mount Evelyn. It is…
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Crashed car abandoned
By MELISSA MEEHAN POLICE are investigating the cause of a crash which saw the driver abandon their car after it crashed through a residential fence.…
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Gift warmly welcomed
By ANEEKA SIMONIS IT will be a toasty winter ahead for members of Emerald’s RSL club with a local banking branch donating funds for a…
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Good timing
By JODIE SYMONDS Federal La Trobe MP Jason Wood and his wife Judy are now baby on board with the arrival of their new baby…
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Everest feat via Greg’s lens
By RUSSELL BENNETT ALFRED ‘Greg’ Gregory’s role as official photographer for the expedition that made the first ascent of Mt Everest in 1953 will be…