Tag: News
Hoons hit heights
By Kath GannawayTMU officers impounded two cars, one on the Melba Highway on Sunday in which the driver reached an estimated 235km/h, the other...
All out for the season
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HEALESVILLE Fire Brigade members may have had a busy year, but they are never too busy to help Father Christmas when he calls...
Family mourns
DOREEN Ayres enjoyed a Steels Creek childhood, which was typical of many country kids born in the rapidly changing first decade of the 1900s.
Born...
Small town’s big effort
TUCKED away off the main Healesville-Kooweerup Road, Yellingbo fire station is a hive of activity in the tiny quiet rural community.
Established in 1954, Yellingbo...
Steely resolve hits the air
By Kath GannawaySTEELS Creek residents shared their stories of Black Saturday and the first nine months of recovery with ABC radio listeners around the...
Steiner kids a class act
COSTUMES, glitter, music and a flatbed truck were all part of the Little Yarra Steiner School’s Class 12 graduation.
Each year a parent group...
Crusty sweet treat
By Kath GannawayCHRISTMAS is an ideal time to try the magnificent breads of Glenburn’s Wild Crust Bakery.
Sourdough bread baker Lyn Cunningham’s bakery is one...
Safer places concern
By Kath GannawayAS THE Yarra Valley remains without any approved neighbourhood safer places (NSPs), Yarra Ranges councillors last week reluctantly endorsed the shire’s first...
A Christmas
By Kath GannawayPurchase of any item in the store over $20 will get you a ticket in the giant, half wine-barrel family Christmas hamper...
Increased bite risk
GETTING up close and personal with your pet could save its life if it is bitten by a snake, according to one of Australia’s...
Period garb for
By Monique EbringtonFEW people choose to spend their 60th birthday in period garb at Puffing Billy.
Neither did Don Valley resident Sharon Ball.
Her seven friends...
Heart for art
Healesville artist Christine Cafarella-Pearce is celebrating a new arts alliance in Healesville. A NEW gallery in Healesville gets to the heart of work created...
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Alarm bells raised by Meta’s decision to stop fact-checking
Meta’s decision last week to dismantle its fact checking processes will largely go unnoticed.
But it should be raising serious alarm bells, particularly as it...
