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New homes approved
By KATH GANNAWAY A NEW 10-lot subdivision is set to go ahead in Yarra Junction after Yarra Ranges councillors rejected a planning department recommendation to…
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Don’t be a dill with fire
By KATH GANNAWAY POLICE have issued a warning that rain does not equate to a burn-off permit. Warburton police had three callouts last week to…
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Reflected rainfall
By KATH GANNAWAY AS IS the pattern, rainfall on either side of the Yarra Valley reflected the varying landscapes. Doug Armstrong in Hoddles Creek recorded…
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A gift to the community
By KATH GANNAWAY OBITUARY Marjorie Edna (Whitley) Thomas Born: 13 February, 1926 Died: 27 July, 2014 WARBURTON, and the Thomas families, have a lot to…
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Drive to remember
By JESSE GRAHAM A CAR cruise to remember victims of Black Saturday will return in 2015, after being previously cancelled due to a lack of…
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Nabbed: speedsters on the rise
By JESSE GRAHAM MORE than 1000 drivers were caught speeding on Yarra Ranges roads over the holiday period, when police took to the streets in…
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Full of love for life
“GOTTA love ya and leave ya”. Just one of many of Crowy’s quotable quotes. “She’ll be right”, “computers are a passing fad” and “let’s go…
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People take power
COMMUNITY opposition to the closure of a number of local organisations was a consistent theme, with the campaign to save the Healesville Hospital again a…
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Heat on hot button issues
Healesville Hospital DISCUSSIONS about Healesville’s Hospital’s future intensified during 2014, particularly in the lead-up to the state election in November. The Save Healesville Hospital Action…
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In the dark
By KATH GANNAWAY LESS than half of the more than 100 people attending a fire meeting in Warburton on 16 December were aware of warning…
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Street scenes of fantastic festival
ANOTHER year, another success. That’s how Healesville Chamber of Commerce president Graham Taylor looks back at the latest Healesville Christmas Festival which drew more than…
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Graffiti attack spoils view
By KATH GANNAWAY ONE of the most spectacular natural features of the Yarra State Forest near Powelltown has been targeted by vandals over the holidays.…
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