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Aldridges keep streets clean
By KATH GANNAWAY
PEOPLE actually stop in their cars and say, ‘thank you’ to Ben and Ruth Aldridge.
The daily task of walking their dog when...
Business by the (good) book
By JESSE GRAHAM
HEALESVILLE’S shoe repair shop has received one of the Rotary Club’s highest honours, being awarded for its ethical and moral standards...
Centurion lives ‘life to the full’
By KATH GANNAWAY
IT’S taken Warburton resident Rita Mentiplay a long time to get to 100, and she has made the most of every minute...
Three Bridges to host Enduro
BY RUSSELL COLVIN
SOME of Victoria’s best enduro motorcycle racers will battle it out in the Yamaha Victorian Off-Road Championship (VORC) at Sanders Apple Orchard...
Wet-road crashes abound
By JESSE GRAHAM AND VICTORIA STONE-MEADOWS
A CAR flipped, another destroyed, and a motorbike rider slid off the road in the Healesville area last week.
Shortly...
Georgia’s a winner against odds
By KATH GANNAWAY
FORMER Upper Yarra Secondary School captain Georgia Rokicki has overcome adversity and grief throughout her teenage years to achieve her ambition of...
Valley stops for a tea break
By JESSE GRAHAM
YARRA Valley residents will have plenty of opportunities to have a tea break in the coming month, with many Biggest Morning Tea...
Our Aboriginal warriors
By JESSE GRAHAM
IT WAS a chance meeting with excellent timing that saw Healesville’s reconciliation campaigner, Aunty Dot Peters, receive a CD acknowledging the work...
Focus shifts to drugs
By KATH GANNAWAY
THE Australian Road Safety Foundation is calling on the public to focus on an increasing drug driving culture as the 10th anniversary...
Hit and run on vehicle
By JESSE GRAHAM
A BADGER CREEK man is facing an insurance bill after an unknown driver smashed into his parked car early on Monday morning...
And money for all
By KATH GANNAWAY
TOWNSHIP improvements in Wandin and Warburton, footpaths at Yarra Junction and Launching Place, a bowling green upgrade for Yarra Junction, and a...
P-plater walks away
By JESSE GRAHAM
A HEALESVILLE P-plater has walked away from a spectacular crash on the Healesville-Kooweerup Road that saw his car careen through a barrier...
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Tennis opportunity for local ladies
Ladies, do you fancy having a fun social hit of tennis doubles every Monday morning?
If so, please come and join us between 9.30am...
