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Shine a light
By Kath Gannaway
Yarra Ranges Council’s community safety co-ordinator Luke Roy and local laws ranger Jade Partier will be shining their lights on road safety...
One of a kind and a battler to the end
By Kath Gannaway
It’s hard to express the sadness that comes with hearing of the death of Sue Contarino (Tanner).
Sue’s message of faith, hope and...
Eye on crime
By Peter Douglas
Would-be criminals beware!
The Yarra Ranges will soon boast an extensive CCTV network that includes locations in business centres of nine major locations.
Designed...
Young ones remember them
By Kath Gannaway
In what has become a Grade 6 rite of passage, students from 13 Upper Yarra primary schools conducted the annual Schools Anzac...
Council meets in the colonies
By Kath Gannaway
Around 40 Yarra Ranges residents took advantage of Yarra Ranges Council’s first outreach council meeting held at The Memo in Healesville on...
Help improve habitat plea
By Derek Schlennstedt
This weekend on Saturday 6 and Sunday 7 May a Yarra 4 Life program will see 20,000 local indigenous trees, shrubs and...
Kiwani trustee bent on service
By Kath Gannaway
Warburton community worker Peter Kimberley is well known in the Upper Yarra for his work as chair of the Warburton and Upper...
Break bread and barriers
By Kath Gannaway
“In the end, people just being people is what will break down barriers.”
Ellen Rowatt’s comment was the underlying theme of a morning...
Conditional nod for Aldi
By Kath Gannaway
Aldi Stores have been given the go ahead to build a new supermarket in Healesville, but with stringent conditions attached.
Aldi will need...
Street parade for veterans
By Kath Gannaway
Hundreds of people defied a cold and wet Anzac Day across the Yarra Valley, gathering at dawn services in Yarra Junction, Healesville...
Healing care, pain relief
By Derek Schlennstedt
May 12 is internationally recognised as the day when the work of nurses is celebrated around the world and coincides with the...
Grand donation for children
Patrons of the Yarra Valley Grand Hotel in Yarra Glen have helped raise almost $1500 for the Royal Children’s Hospital after a fund-raising drive...
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Healesville Sanctuary 90th birthday is not a free entry event
In the article ‘Sanctuary set to turn 90’ in last week’s paper on Tuesday 14 May, it was printed that the activities at Healesville...
