News
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Pets on a picnic
By KATH GANNAWAY COLDSTREAM animal welfare group Animal Aid is hosting a picnic for pets … and two-legged picnickers are invited too. The annual Animal…
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Caravan park sale concealed
By KATH GANNAWAY YARRA Ranges Council is being accused of using ‘weasel words’ and keeping the community in the dark over the sale of the…
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Road manners ingrained early
By JESSE GRAHAM PARENTS are being asked to be on their best behaviour when driving around children, as part of a TAC campaign to stop…
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New memorials policy
By JESSE GRAHAM VICROADS is inviting community members from the Yarra Ranges and beyond to have their say on roadside memorials, for a new policy…
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Teen driver killed in early morning crash
By KATH GANNAWAY ANOTHER crash on the Healesville-Kooweerup Road at Yellingbo has taken a young life. An 18-year old Cockatoo woman was killed when her…
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Jobs up as VicForests moves
By LARISSA KUZEFF A MOVE from Healesville to Woori Yallock could see more jobs move to the Yarra Valley, as VicForests pack up their Healesville…
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‘Take extra care’
By KATH GANNAWAY VICROADS has urged motorists to ‘take extra care’ as they continue to monitor a section of the Maroondah Highway they acknowledge has…
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’Arthur’ ready to sprout wings
By PETER DOUGLAS FORGET about the Big Banana or the Big Pineapple, Coldstream now has the Big Brussels Sprout. In front of an incredible crowd…
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Unveiling of honour
By JESSE GRAHAM AN AVENUE of Honour commemorating Healesville’s Diggers will be unveiled this Friday, replacing the town’s old monument in the lead-up to the…
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Volunteers dumped on
By KATH GANNAWAY DUMPING is costing Healesville opportunity shop thousands of dollars each year. But that’s not the worst of it. The disgusting rubbish that…
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Happily sharing the road
By LARISSA KUZEFF MOTORCYCLISTS are encouraged to ‘travel happy’ as part of a new awareness campaign to address road rage. The new VicRoads awareness campaign…
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Crank-up creates ripples
By KATH GANNAWAY UPPER Yarra Valley Historical Society president Tom O’Meara has thanked everyone involved in making the 2015 new-look Crank-up event at Yarra Junction…