News
-
Students gear up for trade futures
By JESSE GRAHAM STUDENTS from around the Yarra Valley will have better skills to enter the automotive industry, after $200,000 in parts were donated to…
-
Pride of the league
By PETER DOUGLAS THE annual Pride Cup is fast becoming the premier event in the Yarra Valley Mountain District Football Netball League calendar. In a…
-
Budget pleasure and pain
By JESSE GRAHAM HELP for small businesses and a backdown from last year’s more intense measures are two notable standouts from last week’s Federal Budget,…
-
Lifeline for pool
By JESSE GRAHAM Councillors ‘swim in right direction’ voting to keep indoor pool open for five years… HEALESVILLE’S Indoor Pool was thrown a $200,000 lifeline…
-
Killed over cash
By KATH GANNAWAY A YARRA Junction man tried to blame friends and neighbours for the brutal death of his partner, the Melbourne Supreme Court heard…
-
Tattoo targets links probed
By KATH GANNAWAY POLICE are investigating possible links between suspicious fires at two tattoo shops in the Yarra Valley last week. Seville CFA were called…
-
Organic vegies, herbs galore
By KATH GANNAWAY ECOSS in Wesburn is growing better and better. The new ECOSS shop opened on Saturday, making certified organic vegetable and herb seedlings…
-
Quick step snap
By KATH GANNAWAY TWO enduring Warburton talents have come together to put the town in the national lens. Retired film-maker and photographer Ivan Gaal’s photograph…
-
March by torchlight
By KATH GANNAWAY WARBURTON fire-fighters are inviting the community to have some fun, and shine a light on the role volunteer fire-fighters have played in…
-
Eyes wide open for possums
By KATH GANNAWAY ENVIRONMENT Minister Lisa Neville has said there will be no pre-determined outcomes from a new industry taskforce set up to look at…
-
Watch wheels in winter
By JESSE GRAHAM WINTER is coming, and if last week’s weather is any indication, it’s going to be a wet one. Police are urging drivers…
-
Big moves on campus
By JESSE GRAHAM LILYDALE’S former Swinburne campus could be the site of the Yarra Ranges’ new technical school, with the government moving to have the…