Tag: News
Centre thrives
SINCE changing hands six months ago Steel Street Children’s Centre has welcomed many new families and is now a bustling hive of activity.
The centre...
Partnership for childhood
By Kath GannawayPARENTING is a challenging task.
“The ways of the past often seem inadequate in dealing with the children of today, and there...
The horror of the blaze beast
By Kath GannawayPHIL Giddens was captain of the Coldstream Fire Brigade in February.
Looking back – and he has done a lot of that –...
Fire funds for all
By Kath GannawayMAJOR infrastructure projects including community centres, schools and tourist attractions, as well as walking tracks, history projects, community gardens and sporting facilities...
Horses shot dead
HEALESVILLE police are baffled by the callous shooting of two horses in a paddock off the Healesville-Yarra Glen Road.
Senior Constable Steven Colverd told the...
Women escape electric blanket fire
AN 89-YEAR-OLD woman and her daughter had a narrow escape from their burning house in Yarra Glen on 7 October.
A neighbour spotted smoke coming...
Schools face heat
By Kath GannawaySCHOOLS in the Yarra Valley will know on Thursday whether they will shut down on days deemed ‘Code Red’ (Catastrophic) Fire Danger...
Schools face heat
By Kath GannawaySCHOOLS in the Upper Yarra will know on Thursday whether they will shut down on days deemed Code Red (Catastrophic) Fire Danger...
Hugs– the secret fire weapon
By Kath GannawayHUGS and bits of old carpet are hardly standard CFA fire fighting equipment but on Black Saturday members of the Wandin Fire...
A royal
Above: His Royal Highness the Duke of Kent, third from left, signs the visitors book at the Steels Creek Community Centre – looking on...
Engine know-how
Car Torque 3777 member Jacob works on a four-cylinder motor, assisted by Peter.By Kath GannawayCommunity 3777 is gearing up for a second lap of...
Fran fires off
By Kath GannawayOUT-GOINGMcEwen MP Fran Bailey says she won’t go quietly when it comes to standing up for bushfire victims.
She followed up her bombshell...
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Twenty thousand more carpenters, electricians and plumbers
The Victorian Government is delivering the skilled workers Victoria needs to meet its housing targets, with more than 20,000 carpenters, electricians and plumbers getting...
