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Healesville saved from bushfire threat
By JESSE GRAHAM, KATH GANNAWAY and MELISSA MEEHAN UPDATE: THE threat from the bushfire burning north of Healesville has ceased and the fire is under…
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Tip could be dumped
By JESSE GRAHAM HEALESVILLE’S Waste Transfer Station (tip) could be on the chopping block next year, following a decision at next week’s Yarra Ranges Council…
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School’s rich history
By KATH GANNAWAY THE story of Badger Creek State School No. 3309 is now an open book for visitors to Badger Creek. Two history boards…
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Festival upholds heritage
By KATH GANNAWAY THE second Coranderrk Festival at Healesville on Saturday raised awareness of Healesville’s Indigenous heritage another notch. The festival opened the former Coranderrk…
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A feast for the eyes
By KATH GANNAWAY RUSSELL Sebire’s family always had a persimmon tree on their property. They had a mulberry tree, walnut, camellia and lemon tree too.…
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Treehouse tumbling down
By JESSE GRAHAM THE Magistrates’ Court ordered Toolangi’s Little Red Treehouse out of the forest in a hearing last week, after a DEPI campaign to…
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Farmers blow fuse
By JESSE GRAHAM Community ire over Environmental Strategy A MEETING between farmers and Yarra Ranges Council last week resulted in raised voices and community members…
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Sauces in the fray
By JESSE GRAHAM THE Yarra Valley is set to get saucy. A swathe of sauces will come forth for judging early next month, all aiming…
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Logging sabotage
By JESSE GRAHAM POLICE are investigating a suspected sabotage on logging machinery in Toolangi last week, with the owner saying a serious accident could have…
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It’s a win, to be sure
By KATH GANNAWAY LUKE Currie rode Commanding Time to a win in the Yarra Valley Jack Hirsch memorial Cup at Yarra Glen on Sunday. The…
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Town’s future in your hands
By JESSE GRAHAM WHAT’S your plan for Healesville’s future? Residents are being asked to come to a meeting at Healesville’s Memo Hall on Wednesday 26…
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Skull fire find
By KATH GANNAWAY A SUSPICIOUS fire in the Big River State Forest last month has led to the discovery of a human skull. The skull,…
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