News
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Sandra’s overwhelmed with award honour
By Derek Schlennstedt The Queen’s Birthday Honours Awards have included one of the Yarra Valley’s very own. Each year for the Queen’s Birthday, Australia’s best…
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Wanted: an extra pair of hands
By Wendy Williamson Are you a parent or do you have parenting experience as a grandparent or foster carer? Do you enjoy spending time with…
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Refugee food for a week
By Derek Schlennstedt Miles Curry, a Year 12 Healesville High School student will be living on the same food rations as a Syrian refugee as…
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Platypus’s best mates
By Derek Schlennstedt A mural of a platypus has been unveiled in Warburton to help raise awareness about the importance of keeping our local waterways…
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Best cookbook around
By Wendy Williamson A cookbook published by Warburton’s Signs Publishing has been announced as the ‘Best in the World’ in the ‘Health and Nutrition’ category…
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Respected residents remembered
By Kath Gannaway The deaths of two loved and respected Upper Yarra community members in recent weeks have saddened the business and broader communities. Hundreds…
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Bob’s 95 candles
By Kath Gannaway When you’ve been around for 95 years … you know stuff! Healesville Historical Society Life Member Bob Pockett is the person who…
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Iconic centre in dilapidated state
By Kath Gannaway An iconic Warburton building is descending into ruin at the hands vandals, and on account of a lack of maintenance and the…
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Council’s blitz on wasps
June and July will prove critical planning months for Murrindindi Shire Council’s continuing war on European wasps. A community, business and council partnership has resulted…
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Ollie the Owl all the way
By Kath Gannaway Ebony Waterson from Mount Evelyn had to look no further for inspiration than a cute little cousin named Ollie when it came…
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Sisters for life
By Kath Gannaway “The thing about little sisters … they can amaze you, even if they’re younger than you.” Seventeen-year-old Georgia Corbett’s little sister, Lilia…
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Rare musical treat to mark milestone
By Kath Gannaway Yarra Ranges residents are in for a rare treat when the ACO Collective kicks off its 10th Anniversary Tour in Healesville on…