News
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Good rap for timber industry
By JESSE GRAHAM WESTERN Metropolitan Region MP Dr Rachel Carling-Jenkins has praised the timber industry around the Yarra Ranges area, following a visit to Powelltown…
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Bakery backs cancer research
By JESSE GRAHAM A HEALESVILLE bakery is throwing its support behind cancer research after tragic news close to home, and is encouraging locals to stop…
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No-cost tip site an answer to dumpers
By JESSE GRAHAM A PERMANENT site to drop off paints, light-bulbs and batteries in Coldstream will help to deter would-be rubbish dumpers, according to a…
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Crowds rally behind Rosie
By KATH GANNAWAY KOHA Community Cafe at Yarra Junction was packed on Thursday 25 June, and the main attraction this time wasn’t the fantastic food.…
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Tapping tourist trade
By KATH GANNAWAY SIGNAGE has been identified as a top priority for Wandin business owners looking to attract more business to the town. Improving the…
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WHYLD event feedback sought
By KATH GANNAWAY ORGANISERS behind the inaugural WHYLD Winter Warmer are calling for feedback – good or bad. Around 300 people attended the free community…
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Kids on kindness mission
By Jodie Symonds THREE Yarra Junction children have planned to bring kindness back into the community. Ella, Angus and Brianna Macdonald have begun their journey…
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Charity blend for tea
By JESSE GRAHAM THE CALL for morning tea with a good cause at heart was too good to resist for 150 Yarra Glen residents, who…
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Moving Mission
By JESSE GRAHAM Healesville’s second oldest building housed in Gulf Station… HEALESVILLE’s oldest church has moved on to Yarra Glen after being taken up by…
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Dispelling ignorance, delivering insight
By KATH GANNAWAY “UNDERSTANDING has to be better than ignorance.” Actor Noni Hazelhurst delivered a powerful plea for understanding to sell-out audiences earlier this month…
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Sweet sounds for Nepal
By JESSE GRAHAM FUNDS for stricken Nepalese communities will be raised at a one-off community benefit concert, set to be held in Narbethong later this…
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Bakery hold up
POLICE are searching for a shotgun-wielding man after an armed robbery at a Yarra Glen bakery yesterday. Yarra Ranges Crime Investigation Unit Detective Sergeant Mark…