Tag: News
Toast to win
Healesville Toastmasters Club has finally produced a member qualified to compete in the district stage of the speech contest for the first time.
Bruce...
Protecting platypus habitats with Yarra Valley Water community grant
A dedicated group of volunteers will step up their efforts to protect and restore platypus habitats in Melbourne’s northeast suburbs with the help of...
Now’s the time to stop the spread of agapanthus in your garden
Yarra Ranges Council is reminding locals that now is the best time to manage invasive agapanthus.
The best time to remove agapanthus is from March...
Students meet for Youth Summit
Yarra Ranges school students posed questions and reflected on the future at Council’s youth summit hosted in Lilydale on Thursday, 20 March.
Fifty students from...
Two events combine in once again
Healesville Homegrown Food Fair and Community Voices in the Park will be held on Sunday 6 April.
The day kicks off with Healesville Homegrown...
HICCI is here for people in need
In the middle of the cost-of-living crisis, a Healesville-based charity and welfare organisation hopes its programs' benefits reach more community members.
Healesville Interchurch Community...
Black tarp handed in to Healesville Police
On 31 March, a black tarp was located on Healesville–Kinglake Road in Healesville and handed in to the Healesville Police Station by a member...
55 out of 79 Victorian councils have CCTV in public spaces
Regularly maintained CCTV networks are not a rarity, with councils around the state operating both extensive and small-scale networks of cameras to service their...
‘It’d be a shame to lose it’: Commit to funding CCTV call
When Star Mail set out on this six week campaign, the premise was to provide a solution, instead all we can offer is a...
Driving back in time to raise awareness of prostate cancer
Australia’s most unique motorsport event, the Rob Roy Revival, combining a competition hill climb and vintage festival, drove home a lifesaving message to Australian...
Council non-committal
This week, Star Mail brings you the sixth and final week of the Capturing the Yarra Ranges campaign which sought to better understand the...
‘Highly valuable’: Expert weighs in on CCTV’s ability to solve crime
Though the role CCTV plays in deterring criminals has been well documented, there’s little research into CCTV’s effectiveness in helping police solve crime in...
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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...
