News
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Students singing in unison
By KATH GANNAWAY STUDENTS at Millwarra Primary School were part of a choir of more than half a million singers on Thursday. Across Australia, 2100…
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KNOT abused on Facebook
By JESSE GRAHAM TOOLANGI’s Knitting Nannas have gone to police after allegedly being bullied by VicForest contractors and receiving a barrage of abuse on Facebook.…
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Jean’s a winner
By KATH GANNAWAY DON Valley conservationist, Jean Thomas, is among winners of the 2015 Telstra Business Women Awards. Some 13 years ago Jean left her…
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Police have scammer’s number
By JESSE GRAHAM A MILLGROVE man will face court next year after being arrested for numerous deception charges, linked to an interstate phone scam. Yarra…
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School kids surprise birthday girl Sharon
By JESSE GRAHAM IT WAS a birthday to remember for Healesville Primary School crossing supervisor, Sharon Stephens, who celebrated her 60th birthday with every school…
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Awards for young leaders
By KATH GANNAWAY FIVE remarkable young people were recognised last week by Warburton and Yarra Junction Community Banks for their contribution to the Upper Yarra…
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School campaigns for new signs
By VICTORIA STONE-MEADOWS STATE MP Cindy McLeish paid a visit to Woori Yallock Primary School to help them have electronic 40km/h signs installed out the…
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Drive-through chemist
By JESSE GRAHAM UPDATE: 11am TWO Healesville drivers have walked away uninjured after two separate crashes at Healesville Walk Shopping Centre on Monday, 2 November.…
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Cultivating ties to Italian heritage
By JESSE GRAHAM THE ITALIAN heritage of the Yarra Valley was on show on Friday 30 October, when the Italian Consul-General visited the region with…
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Fugitives spotted at Castella, arrested in NSW
INTERSTATE fugitives, Gino and Mark Stocco, are believed to have made a brief trip into the Yarra Valley last week while on the run from…
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Courses to commence at Lilydale campus site
By JESSE GRAHAM BOX HILL Institute has announced its course offering for next year out of Lilydale’s former Swinburne site, with classes set to begin…
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‘A great breach of trust’
By KATH GANNAWAY A 72-YEAR-OLD Healesville man was jailed earlier this week for sexual offences going back more than 40 years. The man, who cannot…