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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.…
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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…
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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…
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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.…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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 August.…
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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…
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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…
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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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Teacher leaves art legacy
AFTER nearly 40 years at Healesville Primary School, arts co-ordinator Lillian Triffett Walsh has hung up her smock and called it a day. The teacher,…
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