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CFA art project
Community diary LE Boatwood and Alistair Whyte (centre back) are among local artists taking up Warburton CFA’s challenge to turn fire-fighting equipment into a work…
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Sustainable festival gathers support
By PETER DOUGLAS THERE aren’t many events that lure 2000 people and only require one rubbish bin to clean up. Ecotopia is one of them.…
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Crime stats on the rise
By PETER DOUGLAS FAMILY violence and drug-related crimes continue to be a major concern in the Yarra Ranges, with statistics showing a rise in offences.…
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Was it murder?
By JESSE GRAHAM AND KATH GANNAWAY A HIKER who disappeared seven years ago near Healesville may have met with foul play, according to new information…
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Pedestrian hit by car dies
A LILYDALE man has died in hospital after he was hit by a car in Coldstream earlier this month. Police believe the 54-year-old Lilydale man…
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Hoons put on notice
By JESSE GRAHAM HEALESVILLE police have called on the public to dob in hoon drivers, after an unknown driver left tyre marks all over the…
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Anxious wait for Mayor after cyclone
By PETER DOUGLAS YARRA Ranges mayor Maria McCarthy is still awaiting news on whether her close friends in Vanuatu have survived Cyclone Pam. Cr McCarthy…
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ECLC back in the black
By JESSE GRAHAM HEALESVILLE’S Eastern Community Legal Centre (ECLC) was given a life-saving birthday present last week, with cut federal funds re-instated to stave off…
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Overlay is now underway
By JESSE GRAHAM A HERITAGE Overlay proposal was passed by Yarra Ranges councillors last week, despite concerns from one councillor that the process was unfair…
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Eli farewelled
By KATHRYN BERMINGHAM and KATH GANNAWAY FITTINGLY, the family of Eli Marnock lit sparklers at his funeral on Saturday to remember the little boy who…
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Irish theme at races
By KATHRYN BERMINGHAM THE summer racing season finished in style over the weekend with the Hirsch Memorial Yarra Valley Cup. Irish was the theme of…
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Make an Anzac connection
By KATH GANNAWAY THERE are commemorations, and there are memorials. Then there are connections. It was connections that Chair of the Victorian Anzac Centenary Committee,…
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