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Event honours people power
By Jesse Graham
The work of volunteers to help the community recover from the 9 October storms was recognised with a barbecue event at Lillydale...
500 cars strong
By Jesse Graham
Residents, emergency services members, car enthusiasts and bushfire survivors came together over the weekend to mark eight years since the Black Saturday...
Goodbye portables as primary upgrade kicks off
By Kath Gannaway
Yarra Junction Primary School captain, Baylin, was happy at the end of a shovel last week to be signalling the start of...
Beautiful stitches in time
By Kath Gannaway
A display of modern and traditional tapestry is on show this month at the Mont De Lancey Museum in Wandin.
More than 40...
Food appeal for farmers
By Jesse Graham
Yarra Glen residents are being called on to donate food for farmers, with the local brigade collecting for the Need for Feed...
Chainsaw champion
By Kath Gannaway
Wandin chainsaw sculptor Rob Bast has taken out his second consecutive Australian Chainsaw Carving Championship.
Bast competed against some of the best national...
Big clean-up continues
By Jesse Graham
Parks Victoria crews are continuing the clean-up from last year’s massive 9 October storm, with Badger Weir and Donnelley’s Weir still closed...
Culture is making tracks
By Jodie Symonds
It will be a year full of art, culture and music with this year’s ‘Culture Tracks’.
The event was launched at The Memo...
Big league dream
By Kath Gannaway
When Sarah D’Arcy pulled on her first football boots with the Healesville Auskick program, she thought that was it.
There was no way,...
Woman, 76, dies in crash
By Jesse Graham
Victoria Police has confirmed a 76-year-old Yarra Junction woman has died after a car accident this morning on the Healesville-Kooweerup Road, near...
School opens door for a little more help
By Jesse Graham
Healesville Primary School is seeking people with skills and time to pitch in, with a group of parents and community members to...
Critical seven minutes saved Dad’s life
By Jodie Symonds
Launching Place’s Bianca Kennedy has been recognised for saving her father’s life, receiving an Ambulance Victoria Bystander Commendation award on Thursday 9...