News
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Chef spared jail
A Yarra Glen man who sexually assaulted his 16-year-old apprentice before asking her to help him conceal the crime from his wife has been spared…
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Perfecting the cartoon craft
Healesville cartoonist Danny Zemp has been a long-time contributor to Star Mail. This week he takes you behind the scenes in this video highlighting how…
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Water World wonders and worries
Warburton residents have again expressed their frustrations about overcrowding in town as scores of visitors take to the new Warburton Water World. The new water…
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Covid-19 steals the show
Regional or metro? As Victoria continued to grapple with a second wave of a Covid-19 outbreak, the Yarra Ranges community was thrusted into the harsh…
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What made the news in 2020
Bushfires The year got off to a rocky start as bushfires continued to rage in Eastern Victoria and New South Wales. Thankfully the Yarra Ranges…
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Health heroes stepped up
This is for the frontline workers. In our hospitals, clinics and testing stations, health care workers risked their wellbeing to care for others during Covid-19’s…
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4500 affected by power outage
AusNet crews are currently on the scene in Woori Yallock, with 4500 customers across the Yarra Valley affected by a power outage this afternoon. Towns…
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Redwood Bridge reopen date uncertain
There is no reopening date in mind for Warburton’s Redwood Bridge, with the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP) soon to undertake an…
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Thugs target SES twice
Upper Yarra SES volunteers have suffered a second blow in just over a week, with graffiti vandals defacing the Wesburn unit just eight days after…
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No solace in record low road toll
Victoria recorded its lowest ever road toll in 2020, but that is of no solace to more than 200 Victorian families who have started the…
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President Payne passes
The Lilydale RSL has been rocked by the passing of their second sub-branch president within eight months. President Paul Payne sadly passed away in December…
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Search for owners of war medals
Police are hopeful they will be able to reunite a rightful veteran or their family with a number of war medals located during an arrest…