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By CASEY NEILLGLENFERN Green Wedge’s future remains in the balance after Knox councillors last week rejected plans to subdivide the Upper Ferntree Gully land. The…

By EMMA SUNYARRA Ranges Council will have another graffiti removal vehicle to aid its fight against graffiti. And it will offer a free removal service…

By CASEY NEILLFERNTREE Gully athlete Madeleine Hogan claimed a bronze medal in the F46 javelin at the London Paralympic Games on Sunday. Positioned fourth after…

THE Mount Evelyn Environment Protection and Progress Association (MEEPPA) has called on township groups in and out of the Yarra Ranges to save Swinburne Lilydale.…

By EMMA SUNA MONBULK shop owner is crying out for more police following a devastating $50,000 theft that he says was preventable. The incident at…

CARDINIA Shire’s high rate of road trauma will see it put under the microscope as part of a new regional study. The Cardinia Shire and…

By CASEY NEILLBELGRAVE Ambulance Station now has six new paramedics and is staffed around the clock. Eastern Victoria Region MP Edward O’Donohue and Gembrook MP…

By CASEY NEILLSUNDAY marked 70 years since the battle at the Isurava village on the Kokoda Track began – one of the World War II…

By CASEY NEILLTHE mystery surrounding the Dandenongs’ big cat sightings could soon be solved, with the State Government last week revealing an investigation was under…

By EMMA SUNTHE Mount Evelyn CFA has launched its Bushfire Awareness Campaign to raise awareness for fire safety in the coming summer months. And the…

By CASEY NEILLCLEMATIS environment campaigner Peter Cook has taken his fight for a container deposit scheme to the steps of Parliament. He coordinated a Spring…

By EMMA SUNEMERALD SES members lobbied deputy premier Peter Ryan during his visit last Monday. They showed off their plans for a new building when…