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Showers of blessings
By Kath GannawayHOW many flags Wesburn Junior Football Club will win this season is anybody’s guess. But there’s one thing every player, home and away,…
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Groups meet for bus review
By Kath GannawayWORKSHOPS will be held in Yarra Junction and Healesville as part of the Victorian State Government’s Metropolitan Bus Service Review. The review covers…
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Forestry workers on fire stand-by
YARRA Valley timber contractors joined CFA, Red Cross and other emergency services volunteers on stand-by last week as temperatures soared. Victorian Forest Harvesting and Cartage…
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Barking up wrong tree
By Kath GannawayYARRA Ranges Council has sent VicRoads back to the drawing board on the installation of traffic lights at the Melba and Maroondah highways…
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Family ass-et
By Monique EbringtonDON’T tell Rosie House or her stepdaughter Ruby Hatten that, while two’s company, three’s a crowd. This year they have welcomed three donkey…
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Pipeline prosecution delayed
By Kath GannawayGLENBURN cattle breeder Don Lawson will have to wait six weeks for any further action on his private-trespass prosecution of Melbourne Water staff…
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Heartbreak hill
Police greatly reduced the number of motorcycle collisions through special operations in 2008. Picture: Kath Gannaway – Digitally altered By Monique EbringtonTHE Reefton Spur and…
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Crushed but unstoppable
Woori Yallock resident Judith McGrath with her car that was crushed by a tree last Thursday. By Monique EbringtonWOORI Yallock president Judith McGrath had a…
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600 bid a final farewell
Above: Boyfriend James Dolinsek (white cap) joined family members as about 600 people farewelled Kelly Moate last week. By Kath Gannaway“WE could send Kelly to…
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Firebug worry spreads
Healesville Fire Brigade’s First Lieutenant Tom Caldwell looks over the scene of the River Street Fire. Picture: Kath Gannaway By Monique EbringtonFIVE fires in the…
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Breeding up at-risk species
Environment and Climate Change Minister Gavin Jennings with orphaned koala Georgia and wildlife carer Liz Gibbons. Picture: Monique Ebrington By Monique EbringtonVICTORIA’S Environment and Climate…
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Dream offer brings course of change
Jason Coombes celebrates receiving his first round offer of a Bachelor of Nursing and hopes to work in the Indigenous community after his studies. By…
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