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  • Distraction equals danger

    Distraction equals danger

    A NOT-FOR-PROFIT organisation committed to reducing road trauma is warning against distraction as teens and families take to the roads over the school holidays. Road…

  • Summit ideas to help communities

    Summit ideas to help communities

    By JESSE GRAHAM A SUMMIT that saw Marysville host representatives from 28 rural Victorian councils earlier this month has been hailed a success, with delegates…

  • Google now delivers smart travel options

    Google now delivers smart travel options

    By JESSE GRAHAM YARRA Valley residents will be able to organise their public transport journeys easier from this week, with bus and train timetables integrated…

  • Lock up over Easter

    Lock up over Easter

    POLICE are reminding residents to be wary of thieves over the Easter long weekend, with opportunistic thefts on the rise. Yarra Ranges Crime Investigation Unit…

  • Food, water and a decent chance at life

    Food, water and a decent chance at life

    By JESSE GRAHAM A GRUYERE man is asking fellow residents to dig deep, to help support work at a Zimbabwe orphanage next month. Mark Edmonds…

  • Restoring grounds to pristine glory

    Restoring grounds to pristine glory

    By JESSE GRAHAM A GROUP of passionate environmentalists is working to restore the grounds of the Maroondah Reservoir to its former glory and calling on…

  • SES scouting for members

    SES scouting for members

    By JESSE GRAHAM HEALESVILLE residents with spare time and a passion for helping others are being urged to put on the orange jumpsuit and join…

  • Precious lives lost on roads

    Precious lives lost on roads

    Comment by KATH GANNAWAY IN 2006 I stood at my brother Peter’s graveside in Ferntree Gully and delivered a eulogy. Peter was killed on the…

  • For the kids

    For the kids

    By KATH GANNAWAY WHEN CFA volunteers head out rattling their tins for the Royal Children’s Hospital Appeal on Good Friday, they will be doing it…

  • Bus in best of both worlds

    Bus in best of both worlds

    By KATH GANNAWAY PUB bus by night … church bus by Sunday. It’s a collaboration made in heaven according to aged-care residents Dorothy Cooper, Dawn…

  • Footpath to Coldstream

    Footpath to Coldstream

    By JESSE GRAHAM YARRA Ranges Council has fast-tracked a new footpath for a Coldstream road after residents got together to vote and lobby for high-priority…

  • Seeking Galeena Beek meeting

    Seeking Galeena Beek meeting

    By JESSE GRAHAM YARRA Ranges councillors have demanded to meet with Aboriginal Affairs Minister, Natalie Hutchins, to discuss the future of the empty Galeena Beek…

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