News

By Tania MartinA CALL for extra cash for Home and Community Care (HACC) across the region has ended in a political stoush. It follows the…

– Kath GannawayHEALESVILLE has taken the first steps towards establishing its own community-owned bank. A steering committee will be formed this week following two informal…

HEALESVILLE Primary School students Caitlin and Taylah will have a very special stake in protecting Healesville’s platypus population. The girls were among Grade 3 and…

WRITING is a craft that can be overlooked as a ‘performance’ piece – hence a move by the Yarra Valley Arts Council to host a…

By Kath GannawayTWO new fire risk categories would be introduced, under a submission the Bushfires Royal Commission by Healesville environment groups. Healesville Environment Watch Inc…

By Monique EbringtonYARRA Junction resident Stephen Wales has failed in an appeal to Planning Minister Justin Madden to help save his family business. His last…

By Kath GannawayHEALESVILLE Chamber of Commerce member Michael Thompson believes a food drop at his Healesville IGA store provides a way in which everyone can…

By Kath GannawayA JOINT project by indigenous and non-indigenous Healesville High School students will conclude this week. A DVD made by the students will be…

By Kath GannawayFOR more than 20 minutes last week the hustle and bustle of Healesville Sanctuary stopped as prayers were offered for the millions of…

A major breakthrough … The $8 million tunnel boring machine completes the final section of the tunnel. 32770 By Kath GannawayTHE completion of the 830-metre…

By Kath GannawayENVIRONMENT group Friends of the Earth say a report on the ecological impacts of the North South Pipeline confirms their fears for the…

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…