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Just surviving each day is still an ordeal
By Kath GannawayLEN SUND has nicknamed his property, “the dead centre of Marysville”. Their family home survived, but the Sunds are surrounded by cleared blocks.…
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Slash red tape
By Kath GannawayMARYSVILLE and Triangle Development Group (MATDG) members are calling for a total overhaul of the model put in place to rebuild the devastated…
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Headless deer found on trail
By Monique EbringtonA HEADLESS deer carcass was left in plain sight late last week, along a popular tourist trail in Warburton. Tourist Chris Squires was…
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Development by the book
By Kath GannawayHEALESVILLE planning and building consultant Vari Perez has moved to address what she says are misconceptions about in-fill development in Coldstream. The Mail…
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Design stalemate
By Kath GannawayTHE Yarra Glen and District Township Group is backing residents in demanding a re-design of the roundabout at the Healesville-Yarra Glen Road/Bell Street/King…
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Flood fears
By Monique EbringtonUPPER Yarra residents faced wild weather over the weekend with flood warnings and a Warburton man going missing. The wild weather put a…
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Trout farm hooks fish
THE Buxton Trout Farm is one of four fire-affected aquaculture ventures in Murrindindi Shire to share in a catch of 20,000 rainbow trout fingerlings. Seymour…
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The final straight
By Kath GannawayHEALESVILLE Rotarians on the Great Australian Bike Ride arrived in Adelaide last week, having tackled the Nullarbor in the final stages of their…
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Rumours
By Kath GannawayTONY Van Meurs was in the thick of it, fighting fires in the Dandenongs in 1997 when word came through on the bush…
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Couple head to
Simone and Paul Traynor will compete in the World Masters Games next month. YARRA Junction couple Paul and Simone Traynor will head off in October…
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New green’s real benefits
Discussing the merits of synthetic greens at Marysville were (from left) Sports Minister James Merlino, bowls presidents Pat Sund and Mark Simmonds, greenkeeper Rob Christie…
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Fire risk clean-up call
By Kath GannawayNext week the shire will kick off Bushfire Action Week – 11 to 18 October – with a month of free green-waste disposal…
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