Community to profit from bank’s success
By Melissa DonchiTHE Upper Yarra community branches of the Bendigo Bank have thanked the local communities for their support by sharing its profits.
Woori Yallock’s...
Firefighters battle Kinglake blaze
By Kath GannawayFIREFIGHTERS from across the Yarra Valley and Dandenongs were among hundreds of volunteers who poured into Kinglake last week as the fire...
Aged care facility awaits licences
By Kath GannawayA NEW 108-bed aged care facility in Healesville hangs on a decision by the Federal Aged Care Minister to grant the necessary...
Number one code
AROUND one thousand Yarra Valley school students were entertained by Code One, the Victoria Police band, in Healesville last week.
The band, which has spearheaded...
Camp joins forces with police
By Melissa DonchiFOR 15-year-old Cassie Sutton police camp was fun and not at all what she had expected.
The Upper Yarra Secondary School student is...
A lifetime of caring
Born: 11 May 1944
Died: 2 September 2005
JEAN Egeberg’s life was marked by her caring nature, her love of family and a quiet dignity, earning...
Smooth the bumps
“PEOPLE are often surprised when I tell them I work with children. Especially when they hear that the youngest I have treated was eight...
Warburton target too much for Yarra Junction
Under 16: Playing Warburton at Warburton and chasing 163, Yarra Junction did not get off to a good start losing Michael for only 2.
Josh...
Final four settled
By Iain HarleyIN an amazing Ferntree Gully and District Cricket Association round 10 clash between the top of the table Rowville and Ferntree Gully,...
Sports oval for students
By Dion Teasdale
HEALESVILLE High School will have a new $300,000 sports oval ready for use in the second half of the year.
The school’s acting...
Police probing drugs on school bus
YARRA Junction police are continuing their investigations into a quantity of drugs found on a Warburton Highway school bus on 10 May.
Senior Constable Kevin...
Members trot to
By Kath GannawayHEALESVILLE Pony Club celebrated its 30th anniversary earlier this month with a get-together of former members and their families at their ‘new’...