News
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‘One strike and you’re out’
By KATH GANNAWAY PROFESSIONAL driver, James Laird, has a no-holds-barred view of what needs to be done to stop people killing themselves and others in…
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April showers aplenty
By KATH GANNAWAY WARBURTON had above-average rainfall in April with Keith Thomas recording 117mm against the average of 105.1mm. The total for 2015 to date…
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Let’s start again
IT MUST be starting to get through to the average citizen by now that politics in this country (in most countries actually) is taking us…
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New take on cult heroes
Cowards, murderers or heroes? Life or death? The scene is set for Yarra Ranges Culture Tracks first play of the 2015 season at The Memo…
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Glad to be apples
By KATH GANNAWAY FOR a small school, Gladysdale Primary School puts on a very big festival. The Big Apple mascot at the school gate gives…
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Road ferns ‘butchered’
By KATH GANNAWAY A DON Valley resident is calling for VicRoads to be accountable for destruction to tree ferns on two of the Yarra Valley’s…
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Anzac story well told
By KATH GANNAWAY UPPER Yarra Secondary College was represented at Anzac Centenary commemorations at the official opening of the Avenue of Honour commemorating WWI soldiers…
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Lives on the line
By KATH GANNAWAY WARBURTON Fire Brigade’s Centenary Dinner at Oscars On The Yarra on Saturday night was a celebration of 100 years of community service.…
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Farm has quilts covered
By KATH GANNAWAY MORE than 40 quilts are set to take centre stage at the 10th Warratina Patchwork Exhibition over the next two weeks. The…
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Quest for answers
Briefly HEALESVILLE Police are searching for answers after a driver allegedly crashed through a fence last week, only to drive away. Senior Constable Kirsty Swankie…
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$3000 fine on ads
By KATH GANNAWAY GET Off Drugs Naturally (GODN) at East Warburton has been fined $3000 and ordered to remove false claims about its Narconon program…
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State Budget’s $2 million for Junction Primary
By KATH GANNAWAY LABOR has come through for Yarra Junction Primary School with $2 million allocated in the State Budget released Tuesday. With both Liberal…