News
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Tough start to life
By EMMA SUN IN A decade where sex before marriage was taboo, a young teenager was pregnant, scared and alone. That teenager is Mount Evelyn’s…
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Poised to fell century-old trees
By RUSSELL BENNETT CARDINIA Shire Council is holding firm on its insistence that Worrell Reserve’s iconic Monterey pines must be felled to enable the oval…
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Major boost for reserve
By DANIELLE GALVIN CHANDLER Reserve in Emerald will get a major boost. Cardinia Shire councillors voted at a recent council meeting to appoint contractor Lasergrade…
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Price of protest
By EMMA SUN “Tecoma is on the verge of a complete empty shopping strip; I fear for the future of the traders,” Traders Association president…
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Tree hits train service
BELGRAVE train services are expected to be halted until after peak hour, after a large tree fell in Upwey, causing significant damage to overhead wires.…
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Driver hit by falling tree
By MELISSA MEEHAN A 54-year-old Mount Evelyn man has been airlifted to the Royal Melbourne Hospital with serious injuries after a gum tree fell across…
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Footy fever spreads
By REBECCA BILLS FROM the principal down to the prep students, footy fever has hit Belgrave South Primary School hard. Adorned in various team colours,…
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Jarrah swims with giants
By REBECCA BILLS FERNTREE Gully’s Jarrah Wright had his wish granted to swim with whale sharks by the Make-A-Wish foundation earlier this year. Suffering from…
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Finding road to safety
By EMMA SUN SEVEN hills youths will become safer drivers after each receiving a $295 defensive driving course through the Anthony and Travis Hall Memorial…
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Crazy characters star
MOUNT EVELYN’S finest took the stage last week to follow Alice and Anna down the rabbit hole. Each and every Grade 5 and 6 student…
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You’re not alone
By EMMA SUN Parkinson’s is normally thought to be an older person’s disease. Emma Sun reports… DRYING off after taking a shower, putting clothes on,…
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Fight goes on says CFA
By JESSE GRAHAM FIREFIGHTERS have vowed to continue fighting for cancer compensation legislation, after the proposal for a bill was defeated in state Parliament last…