News
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Caravan park fee fight
By VICTORIA STONE-MEADOWS RESIDENTS at Doon Reserve Caravan Park in Yarra Junction have requested the assistance of Consumer Affairs Victoria after a proposed rent increase…
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Holiday fears
By PETER DOUGLAS MANY Yarra Ranges traders fear the introduced public holiday next month will have a significant impact on their business. As the Friday,…
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Sewage spill misses river
By JESSE GRAHAM YARRA VALLEY Water has blamed a Healesville sewage spill, which narrowly avoided a nearby river over the weekend, on wet wipes clogging…
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Help Brodie’s Heroes find a cure
By VICTORIA STONE-MEADOWS THE family of a five-year-old boy from Woori Yallock is hosting a fund-raising day to support research into cystic fibrosis. Brodie has…
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Briefly
Motorcyclist 70km/h over limit A COLDSTREAM man will face court after being caught travelling at more than 70 km/h over the speed limit in Coldstream…
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Speaker won’t talk
By JESSE GRAHAM CASEY MP Tony Smith has refused to declare which way he voted in last week’s Liberal Party leadership spill, which saw Malcolm…
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Cars, planes and … fun!
By JESSE GRAHAM UPDATE: 5 October: THE Wings and Wheels event, slated for this weekend, has been “postponed” until next year. Organiser, Matthew Etty-Leal announced…
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Signs for wildlife
By JESSE GRAHAM A HEALESVILLE resident is calling for more wildlife warning signs, after a number of wombats were found to have been hit by…
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No, no – it’s not the ATO
By VICTORIA STONE-MEADOWS POLICE are urging everyone in the community to be weary of unsolicited phone calls after a phone scam pretending to be from…
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Students step up
By VICTORIA STONE-MEADOWS MILLWARRA Primary School has been studying how different people contribute to their community and held an expo to show what they had…
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Young Lilian a top firey
By VICTORIA STONE-MEADOWS LILIAN Pagles, 15, will be the first junior fire-fighter from District 13 to represent her CFA brigade in the Australian National Fire…
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New animal play area
By JESSE GRAHAM ABANDONED animals will have a new place to play at Animal Aid, with a new centre set-up at the Coldstream shelter –…