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Firefighting family’s fear
AS HEALESVILLE Fire Brigade volunteer Melanie Caldwell was driving the strike team leader vehicle into Steels Creek on Black Friday, her husband, Tom, was...
Warburton’s tribute to the Anzac fallen
By Monique Ebrington and Kath GannawayANZAC Day celebrations across the Yarra Valley ranged from dawn services, day marches and ceremonies alongside memorials, shrines and...
Special election
Ethan Adams and Grace Webb, Healesville Primary School’s 2009 school captains, with Seymour MP Ben Hardman, left, and principal Peter Leonard.HIGH-FIVES and congratulations from...
Finding their own way home
By Kath GannawayWORK on Healesville’s community labyrinth project has taken an enforced breather over the past couple of months, but is now back on...
Garden that sings loud
By Kath GannawayCJ DENNIS’S mum would have loved to have a Devonshire tea at her son’s place on Mother’s Day.
Sadly, it wasn’t to be....
Future leaders
By Kath GannawayHEALESVILLE High School allows students the opportunity to achieve their best in a supportive, enriching school environment.
VCE results are consistently excellent....
Oval overhaul
By Kath GannawayMUD BATHS have been part and parcel of the game for Healesville’s young footballers.
But the youngsters, visiting players and the mums and...
Mindless graffiti
By Monique EbringtonThe Healesville resident and handyman spends most of his working days painting over graffiti scrawled on private properties.
Through his job Mr Harry...
Apples and wine
By Monique EbringtonGLADYSDALE Apple and Wine Festival is the perfect way to come together as a community and celebrate the end of the apple...
Anzac captains
PARTICIPATION at the annual Anzac Day commemorations in Yarra Junction is an important part of the Upper Yarra Secondary College’s community service ethos.
College captains,...
Thanks shine through
By Kath GannawayEVENTS conspired on Sunday to put a dampener on what was to be a day of fun and thanks for those who...
Farmers, locals take stock
By Kath GannawayMORE than 70 people involved in agriculture-based industries in Yarra Ranges attended the Centre for Agriculture & Business (CAB) Yarra Valley forum...
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Becoming a joyful reviewer
My new year's resolution for 2025 is to be a joyful book reviewer.
Why? Because, after four years of writing the “Passion for...
