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Pipe fears confirmed
By Kath GannawayENVIRONMENT group Friends of the Earth say a report on the ecological impacts of the North South Pipeline confirms their fears for...
Police action call
By Kath Gannaway
THE Healesville and Yarra Junction police stations should be turned into 24-hour stations, the Yarra Ranges Shire says, and it wants more...
Blenheim’s brilliant innings
obituary
James ‘Harry’ Blenheim
Born: 5 February, 1916
Died: 31 May, 2009
HE DIDN’T quite make the century, but James ‘Harry’ Blenheim put in an heroic innings to...
Movie plays for footy
By Kath Gannaway
MOVIE Entertainment Day at Healesville Junior Football Club rooms will help send four Healesville girls to the a national football competition.
Georgia...
School gains a $10,000 sporting boost
By Monique EbringtonUPPER Yarra Secondary College got a kick out of the $10,000 worth of new sporting equipment they received this month.
The school received...
P-plate speedster ‘a fool’
A P-PLATE driver from Healesville, who reached speeds of more than 160kph on Maroondah Highway in an unroadworthy car, has been labelled ‘a fool’...
President’s projects
Barbara Dickson is congratulated on her Rotary Club presidency by District By Kath GannawayYARRA Glen retiree Barbara Dickson will lead The Rotary Club of...
Talk of the town
The sign that has Healesville talking. 32720.By Kath GannawayHEALESWOOD, or Hollyville? This Hollywoodesque sign has been the talk of the town since Wednesday evening...
Students of self-esteem
By Monique EbringtonYARRA Junction Primary School students took a look in the mirror and in magazines for a lesson in self-esteem.
Yarra Junction primary’s Grade...
Local focus for new gallery director
By Kath GannawayAS DIRECTOR of Monash Gallery of Art, Jane Scott increased attendances by 500 per cent.
It is, no doubt, just one of many...
Hold the chainsaw
By Kath GannawayGARDENERS with bushfire-damaged vegetation on their properties are being advised not to spring headlong into removing it, but to wait until spring.
At...
Banking on locals
By Kath GannawayWARBURTON Community Bank chairman Rodney McKail spoke out last week about the place of community banks in the face of the global...
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Make sure your pets are part of the plan
CFA and RSPCA Victoria are urging residents to include pets in their bushfire survival plans, amid the significant fire activity already impacting Victoria this...
