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Paid parking in Warburton for visitors from outside the Yarra Ranges

We know that parking is a significant issue in the region. Every long weekend, public holiday or just sunny Saturday, many of us experience...

A young adult novel about hope

Earlier this year, the multi-award-winning musical Dear Evan Hansen was played at Art Centre Melbourne, featuring an all-new production design and direction delivered by...

How teeth shape our lives

Teeth: In September 1924 James Joyce wrote in a letter to his patron Harriet Shaw Weaver: ‘My mouth is full of decayed teeth and my...

CARTOON: Shop gone

Four businesses on main street of Healesville left the town. Crumbz has turned into an online shop since Monday 3 March, after 14 years of...

Mining the Uncanny Valley

Snow White Starring Rachel Zegler, Gal Gadot and Andrew Burnap PG 3.75/5 Mining the Uncanny Valley The latest – and one of the better – Disney live-action remakes, Snow...

Catch talent on local stage

Lilydale Athenaeum Theatre Haunted: Aspiring playwright Nigel Burke is neurotic, agoraphobic and hasn’t written a word for three months, to the chagrin of his if...

CARTOON: No cold water

It is hard to get cold water at this time of the year.

Festival of books in Clunes

A book town, according to the International Organisation of Book Towns, is “a small rural town or village in which secondhand and antiquarian bookshops...

Soderbergh’s spy success

Black Bag Starring Cate Blanchett and Michael Fassbender M 4/5 Black Bag is a taut, brilliantly-written espionage thriller from director Stephen Soderbergh. George (Michael Fassbender), a British intelligence...

Mt Evelyn’s Flame Trees

The Illawarra Flame Tree or Currajong (Brachychiton acerifolius), on the west side of Wray Crescent, is an icon of Mt Evelyn. Believed to be...

Today’s plight and what we can do about it

Even without the disturbing images of the killing fields of overseas wars, local news can be equally unsettling. From extreme weather events to images...

Local entertainment

The 1812 Theatre The Thrill of Love A divorcee with a young chid to care for, Ruth works in the land of nightclubs where there’s more...

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Yarra Ranges Council endorses motion, advocating for urgent care clinic to...

Yarra Ranges councillors passed the motion to advocate for an urgent care clinic (UCC) to be located in Healesville. UCCs offer urgent services 24/7 or...