News
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Long mobile wait
By Jesse Graham EAST Warburton’s mobile base station won’t be constructed until 2018, leaving residents without mobile phone coverage through two coming bushfire seasons. Dixons…
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Their bit to save platypus
By Jodie Symonds MILLWARRA Primary School students were excited to be involved in a day full of platypus education. Belgrave-based Platypus Education Group attended the…
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Political soccer with school’s future
By Jesse Graham EILDON MP Cindy McLeish has called on the Victorian Government to put more funding towards Upper Yarra Secondary College in next year’s…
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Help with food disposal
By Peter Douglas YARRA Ranges Council is reaching out to residents who may be struggling to dispose of food that has gone off without refrigeration,…
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Tributes of timber
EACH year the Timber Memorial Service is held to reflect, remember and pay tribute to the hard-working men and women from the timber industry who…
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Storm to end all storms
By Jesse Graham IT WAS the biggest storm to hit the valley in years, and clean-up efforts continued through most of the week after winds…
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Puppy farm crackdown
By Jesse Graham ANIMAL Aid’s CEO has praised the “positive action” of the Victorian Government in addressing puppy farming, with new legislation introduced on Tuesday…
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Candidate takes action on online abuse
By Jesse Graham A YARRA Ranges Council election candidate will be pressing charges against a Facebook poster, after violent and abusive messages were posted about…
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Where there’s a wind there’s a way for ‘local hero’
By Peter Douglas DON Valley resident Kylie Gordon has described the work of neighbour Brad Hill as that of a “local hero”. When winds of…
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Embracing the Spring Fest
By Jesse Graham YARRA Valley residents came out to embrace the spring weather earlier this month, stopping by the annual ECOSS Spring Fest in Wesburn.…
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Thousands of homes without power
By Jesse Graham POWERFUL winds wreaked havoc in the Yarra Valley over the weekend, uprooting trees, knocking out power lines and injuring residents. Winds of…
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Stickers aid those stuck in a rut
By Jodie Symonds STICKERS have been distributed throughout the Yarra Ranges to encourage those going through tough times, to seek help instead of feeling isolated.…