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New station puts ambos at ease
By Jesse Graham
YARRA Valley paramedics will be able to respond to emergencies quicker and have a place to relax in quiet moments, with the...
Black Saturday medals
By Victoria Stone-Meadows
SOME 50 staff members from VicForests have been awarded National Emergency Medals for their bravery in fighting the 2009 Black Saturday bushfires....
Chopped off for cancer
FORMER Healesville High School student, Jaimee Petersen is urging others to join her in raising awareness and money for research into ovarian cancer.
The 21-year-old...
Sustainable vision
By Victoria Stone-Meadows
YARRA Valley Estate has been nominated for the Premier’s Sustainability Award for their latest environmental project.
The Premier’s Sustainability Award is given...
Exhibition has some familar faces
By Jesse Graham
BUDDING Upper Yarra artists are being called on to capture a face from their community for an inaugural portraiture exhibition in Warburton.
Face2Face...
MP Smith returns to the Speaker’s chair
By Jesse Graham
CASEY MP Tony Smith will sit in the Parliamentary Speaker’s chair until 2019, after being re-elected to the role unopposed late last...
Hunt is on for child stalker
By Victoria Stone-Meadows
POLICE are on the lookout for a man who followed a 12-year-old girl in Launching Place in late July.
About 3.30pm on Friday...
Frogs back from brink
By Jesse Graham
ENVIRONMENT Minister Lily D’Ambrosio has praised the work of Healesville Sanctuary’s captive breeding program, with a record number of Corroboree Frog eggs...
Concern for missing man’s welfare
POLICE are calling for residents to keep an eye out for missing Yarra Glen man, Sabino Centrella, who was last seen on Monday 29...
Flipped truck blocks highway
By Victoria Stone-Meadows
A FLIPPED truck caused havoc on the Melba Highway just outside of Yarra Glen on Tuesday 6 September.
Shortly before 6am, a...
Near misses at level crossing
By Victoria Stone-Meadows
YARRA Valley Railway and Healesville Police are less than impressed with road users’ behaviour surrounding the level railway crossing on the Kinglake-Healesville...
Passing of arts era
By Jesse Graham
IT WAS the end of an era for Healesville Primary School when arts co-ordinator Lillian Triffett Walsh finished up last week, after...
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Lyrebird College wants to raise awareness and acceptance of autism
Lyrebird College had a special day to raise awareness and acceptance of autism on Friday 19 April as April is the national autism acceptance...
