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Truck stuck in Coldstream

A stuck truck on Maroondah Highway caused traffic diversions in Coldstream. The driver was attempted to perform a U-turn just after 8.30am but the front...

Wandin through students’ eyes

Wandin North children used their artistic talents and feelings about their home to brighten up a shopping strip. Flowers, footballs, basketballs, leaves and fruit, birds...

Remembering Black Saturday

The State Government is offering grants of up to $5000 for community groups in 21 municipalities affected by the Black Saturday Bushfires in 2009. The...

Spinning a yarn

The Healesville Spinners and Weavers are a multi-craft group whose common bond is creating beautiful things from natural fibres. “We call it fibre-craft and we...

Linking art and nature

Leading visual and performing artists will unleash a Force of Nature in Lilydale. The exhibition will run until Sunday 14 October at Yarra Ranges Museum. Force...

Des’s stories will live on

William ‘Des’ Morrish’s account of the devastating 1939 bushfires still makes riveting reading. Des told his part of the story 70 years after the event...

Growing suburbs by $8.5 million

Major trail projects and a new soccer pitch in Yarra Ranges will become a reality following a significant cash boost from the State Government’s...

Healesville Sanctuary celebrates birth of endangered Goodfellow’s Tree Kangaroo

 Healesville Sanctuary is celebrating the birth of an endangered Goodfellow’s Tree Kangaroo - the first ever to be born at the Sanctuary. Mani and...

Rallying around in Toolangi

The Toolangi Forrest will be buzzing on Sunday 16 September when the Victorian Rally Championship and the Victorian Club Rally Series run through the...

Lilydale man shot in Buxton

 Emergency services responded to reports of a shooting in Buxton on Tuesday 11 September. Police understand two men were involved in an altercation at an...

Career a happy accident

Well, after the longest apprenticeship in history, I signed off on Friday 7 September after 20 years with the Mail. It was an accidental career...

Riding to remember Anne

For the past five years, the Jones family has been the driving force behind the annual Ride to Remember - Yarra Valley bike ride. Sisters...

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Tips for saving on back to school costs

Now Christmas is over, families are bracing for the hefty costs that come with outfitting children for the new academic year. From clothing and supplies...