News
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HICCI can help
Healesville Inter-church Community Care Inc (HICCI) has putting the call out for those who are doing it tough during the coronavirus pandemic. “During the Covid-19…
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Bridges built by volunteers
Lilydale’s Bridge Builders Youth Organisation features many volunteers who help adolescents aged 12-25, who find themselves disadvantaged, distressed or in need of assistance. Beck Mitchell…
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Mountain Pygmy Possum’s guide to winter: Get fat, take naps
Healesville Sanctuary’s tiny Mountain Pygmy Possums are settling down this week for the most epic nap in Australia: a winter hibernation that sees the teacup-sized…
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A virtual visit to the museum
As the doors of the TarraWarra Museum of Art remain shut due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the museum has decided to bring their next exhibition…
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Macca’s coming!
Healesville may become the site for a new McDonald’s franchise, joining a retail development that could soon feature a hotel, petrol station and other businesses.…
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Funding boost for local schools
Students and families in Lilydale and the Upper Yarra region will soon have upgraded facilities to learn in thanks to an additional investment of more…
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Local clubs secure grants
Eildon MP Cindy McLeish announced the successful local sports clubs who secured funding as part of the latest round of VicHealth Active Club Grants. Ms…
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Life in isolation
Yarra Valley photographer Suzanne Phoenix has documented the impact of the coronavirus pandemic restrictions for people in the Upper Yarra with a series of isolation…
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Local clubs score with solar
Sport may have ground to a halt because of Covid-19, but that hasn’t stopped some clubs in Yarra Glen from scoring goals – sustainability goals…
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Big boost for community legal services
A much-needed funding boost to frontline legal services is expected to be felt locally amid the Covid-19 crisis. Earlier this month, both the Federal and…
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Mac attack on again
Healesville residents’ interest in the potential construction of a McDonald’s franchise has spiked again following a Commercial Real Estate application for lot 1/17 Maroondah Highway,…
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IGA keeps locals in jobs
If there is one positive to take away from the Covid-19 pandemic, it’s those in our community who have lent their support to others going…