News
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Ice challenge is refreshing charity change
By JESSE GRAHAM A HEALESVILLE woman is putting the call out to Yarra Valley residents to take part in a worldwide phenomenon and raise money…
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Blinky Bill’s baby
By JESSE GRAHAM SAY hello to one of Healesville Sanctuary’s newest residents. The new female koala, born on New Year’s Eve, has been hiding away…
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Guarded response
By JESSE GRAHAM WARBURTON kids got a chance to hone their green thumbs last week, in a tree-planting excursion along the Yarra River. Children from…
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Batman woman’s raid caper
POLICE are searching for a woman who they say made off with hundreds of dollars in electronics from the Lilydale Marketplace Shopping Centre, and are…
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Garry loved his roses
PASSIONATE about family, community and his roses, father, grandfather and great grandfather Garry Holden will always be remembered by the ones he touched dearly. Living…
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Unused seatbelts make a toll
By BEN CAMERON NEARLY one in 10 people killed on Victorian roads last year were not wearing a seatbelt. Some 44 years after the state…
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Hospital plan pipeline
By JESSE GRAHAM A GROUP of community representatives has banded together with Eastern Health to discuss the multi-million dollar redevelopment of the Healesville Hospital. The…
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Hunt for trail attackers
POLICE are appealing for witnesses to an assault which left a man seriously injured on the Warburton Trail earlier this month. Detective Senior Sergeant, Bridgette…
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Museum backs Anzac centenary
By ANEEKA SIMONIS UPPER Yarra Museum will extend its collection of commemorative tree guards ahead of the Anzac centenary next year. Having already planted 25,…
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Celebrated and remembered
VIETNAM veterans, many accompanied by their grandchildren, were honoured, and, in turn, honoured those who didn’t make it to veteran status, at Mount Evelyn on…
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Sanctuary’s bundle of joy
By JESSE GRAHAM SAY hello to one of Healesville Sanctuary’s newest residents. The new koala girl, who was born on New Year’s Eve, has been…
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Senior Cits turn 50
HEALESVILLE’S Senior Citizens celebrated a milestone birthday recently, reflecting on five decades of friendship, activities and community connections. The group had a birthday luncheon on…