Tag: News
Schools embrace healthy lifestyle
By KATH GANNAWAY
SCHOOL children in Upper Yarra will have greater opportunities for a healthy lifestyle, thanks to the dedicated team of volunteers...
Man killed in Healesville crash
By VICTORIA STONE-MEADOWS and JESSE GRAHAM
UPDATE: Monday, 8 June
THE 76-year-old Healesville man involved in Thursday night's crash died from a related brain injury over...
Man arrested after bikie raids
By Victoria Stone-Meadows
A 34-year-old Knoxfield man with links to the Finks outlaw motorcycle gang has been arrested in Lilydale.
The arrest follows raids on the...
Police investigating house fire
By Victoria Stone-Meadows
FORENSIC investigators were on the scene of a house fire on Canterbury Road in Montrose this morning.
The single level house...
Dig deep to care for their kind
By JESSE GRAHAM
HEALESVILLE Sanctuary is calling for residents to dig deep and donate as part of its Australian Wildlife Hospital Appeal, with...
Crash closes highway
By Jesse Graham
Update: 4pm.
TWO drivers have been taken to hospital in stable conditions after a head-on crash this morning in Woori Yallock.
At 8.38am, emergency...
White Rabbit after greener pastures
By JESSE GRAHAM
HEALESVILLE’S White Rabbit Brewery has hopped out of town, with the business closing shop on the weekend before its relocation...
Lower speed to lower toll
By KATH GANNAWAY
LOWERING the speed limit on two major roads travelled by Yarra Ranges residents, will hopefully save lives.
In April, VicRoads announced...
Brigade’s centenary parade
By JESSE GRAHAM
UPPER Yarra residents came out in force on the weekend to pay tribute as part of Warburton Fire Brigade’s 100th birthday, taking...
Garden party to remember
“VALE our Mrs Coldstream”.
The words with which John Brown closed his tribute to Val Sheehan at her farewell ‘garden party’, brought smiles and nods...
Opposition calls for more police
By JESSE GRAHAM
OPPOSITION MPs have called for the State Government for more police resources following a door-stop at the Yarra Valley’s police...
News in Brief
Youth camp raid
THIEVES have raided a Badger Creek youth camp for the second time in recent weeks.
Lilydale Police Crime Investigation Unit Detective Sergeant Mark...