Tag: News
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...
Jewell in Mail’s eye
LOCAL identity David Jewell is a strong advocate for all things Tecoma and the hills, and he led the charge against one of the...
Hopes in ashes
AS the dust and ash settle from a devastating fire that destroyed Olinda restaurant Snooty Fox, its owners are now looking ahead to a...
Couple unite at Federation
IT’S a few weeks early, but Monbulk lovebirds Emma Mullinder and Robby Comfort will have an extra reason to celebrate this Christmas after the...
Anything for a good Clause
UPPER Ferntree Gully’s Bernadette Dimitrov, Australia’s first official Mrs Claus, wishes the Yarra and Dandenong Ranges a merry Christmas.
Mrs Dimitrov has received a degree...
Kids prove dab hands
MT Dandenong Primary School held its annual arts show recently, displaying a year’s worth of students’ work for their parents and friends.
The students did...
Tree time for teaching
STUDENTS from Kallista Primary School had a new outlook on education last week as they learnt about all things in the Dandenong Ranges new...
Teachers’ last stand
MENZIES Creek Primary School will be having a bitter-sweet end to their school year, bidding farewell to two team members and 37 total years...
Fantasy fuels firefight
THE Myer Christmas windows of Macclesfield are back again this year, with CFA members Phil and Fiona Spencer once again creating everyone’s winter wonderland...
Diabetes fight
MOUNT Evelyn Primary School youngster Zachary Wall recently returned from a trip to Canberra to campaign for continued government funding for clinical research into...
Hoffy’s a Heroine
EMERALD’S burpees pro Julie ‘Hoffy’ Hoffman rubbed shoulders with the sporting elite for the Women’s Health I Support Women In Sport award gala last...
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Belgrave South petition hopes to create flexible housing options
A couple from Belgrave South presented their petition to the Yarra Ranges Council on Tuesday, 25 March, urging the introduction of a policy for...
