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By Kath GannawayBEAUTIFUL country vistas, wide walkways, leafy surrounds and ample parking come together to make the new Healesville Racecourse Harvest and Craft Market, run…

By Tania MartinA YARRA Ranges bushfire group has slammed a $290,000 green waste disposal plan, saying it doesn’t go far enough. The Shire of Yarra…

By Kath GannawayWATER Minister Tim Holding last week laid the last pipe in the Sugarloaf Pipeline declaring the project the biggest water-saving project in Australia’s…

Regular brushing is the best way to keep tabs on fleas. By Kath GannawayWARMER weather can bring fleas … and discomfort not only for pets,…

A little book with big potential. By Kath GannawayIF ORGANISING is so easy, why isn’t everyone organised? Truth is, it’s a knack that some people…

By Kath GannawayTHE GOALPOSTS are back at Gallipoli Park in Marysville. The posts were cemented in on Wednesday last week, thanks for the efforts of…

YARRA Glen and district communities will have an opportunity to have their say on how they see post-bushfire recovery for their areas. A Community Recovery…

By Kath GannawayMICHAEL Anderson has had machinery stolen before, but the theft of a 15-tonne traxcavator from Kinglake in August has floored him. Mr Anderson…

By Kath GannawayTHE Volunteer Clinic – Yarra Valley Practitioner Project established following the bushfires in February has extended its service to Healesville. Natural therapist Karen…

SHAKE off those winter chills and warm up these September school holidays with the Thaw Out school holiday program. Run by the Shire of Yarra…

– Melissa MeehanPARTS of Don Valley were left without power for three days last week after wild winds swept the region. Resident Sue Hoffman said…

IN THE early evening of Black Saturday, with fire burning all around them, six Badger Creek firefighters waited anxiously on their tanker in Ainsworth Avenue…