Tag: News
A pox on the box
By Tania Martin
THE Shire of Yarra Ranges has called for state and federal governments to take action on the number of televisions being dumped...
Bid was queen for a day
Bid Aitken looks back on good times with her late husband Newt.By Kath GannawayAlice ‘Bid’ Aitken was queen for a day when she...
Digging in
Neighbour Tony Hammon, Member for Eastern Victoria Edward O’Donohue, Alison Pitt, Greg Pallistar, By Monique EbringtonYARRA Junction resident Stephen Wales will go to the...
Bushfire raffle a winner
By Kath Gannaway
AS winner of the Lions Club of Healesville Bushfire Appeal Raffle, Badger Creek mum Debra Jensen drove away from the RISE Concert...
Call for new fire hearings
By Kath GannawayMCEWEN MP Fran Bailey has called for the Royal Commission into the 2009 bushfires to be aborted and a new commission set...
Great views and fine food
By Kath GannawayWINE and dine at Yarra Junction’s Bulong Estate this Mother’s Day.
The estate is a family owned and run vineyard, winery, cellar...
Dawn service
Healesville RSL president Royce Turnbull and Codie Shade who laid a wreath on behalf of the 1st Warburton Cub-Scouts. Looking on are Lisanne Bonig,...
Water conservation
By Kath GannawayBILLANOOK College in Mooroolbark is committed to conserving water wherever it can.
The college has an extensive water wise program throughout its...
Newman in dream team
By Kath Gannaway AS AN apprentice you don’t get a much better career start than Coldstream mechanic John Newman.
The 19-year-old Victorian Automobile Chamber of...
Ban call after death race
By Kath GannawayCALLS for the banning of jumps races is mounting after the death of a horse in a hurdle race at Yarra Glen...
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...
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Leadership
This week we saw the funeral of Pope Francis, the spiritual leader of approximately 1.406 billion Catholics across the world.
An event that was...
