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Dispelling ignorance, delivering insight
By KATH GANNAWAY “UNDERSTANDING has to be better than ignorance.” Actor Noni Hazelhurst delivered a powerful plea for understanding to sell-out audiences earlier this month…
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Sweet sounds for Nepal
By JESSE GRAHAM FUNDS for stricken Nepalese communities will be raised at a one-off community benefit concert, set to be held in Narbethong later this…
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Bakery hold up
POLICE are searching for a shotgun-wielding man after an armed robbery at a Yarra Glen bakery yesterday. Yarra Ranges Crime Investigation Unit Detective Sergeant Mark…
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Interleague excellence
By VICTORIA STONE-MEADOWS THE Dandenong Ranges junior football league held interleague matches this weekend, with top performances observed from players across the regions. Representative teams…
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Planters undeterred by cold
By JESSE GRAHAM RAIN and cold weather didn’t dampen the spirit of a group of young planters last week, who took part in a NAIDOC…
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Upwey tilt at Archibald
By JESSE GRAHAM AN UPWEY artist is taking aim at a national art award, creating a towering portrait of Healesville identity, Aunty Dot Peters, for…
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EACH here to help
By JESSE GRAHAM MENTAL health and substance abuse services are a stone’s throw away from Healesville’s main street, after the re-opening of EACH’s former Rivendell…
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Cyclists at receiving end
IN THE 10 years from 2004 to 2013, 84 cyclists were killed on Victorian roads. They were the worst possible outcome of 29,181 crashes involving…
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So cosy in the drying room
By KATH GANNAWAY THE drying room at Warratina Lavender Farm is extra cosy right now, with the second annual Tea Cosy Display and Competition underway.…
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Wet conditions, hot times
By JAMIE STRUDLEY WET, cold and miserable weather on Saturday morning created the perfect conditions for the Yarra Ranges Athletics cross country championships held at…
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Fines doubled for illegal crossing
By JESSE GRAHAM FINES for crossing train tracks when boom gates are down have doubled with the beginning of the new financial year, according to…
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One ring to fool them all
By KATH GANNAWAY A BADGER Creek couple is appealing to locals not to include plastic milk-bottle rings in their offerings for visiting bower birds. Maureen…
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