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  • Kids and cops are big budget winners

    Kids and cops are big budget winners

    By JESSE GRAHAM AND VICTORIA STONE-MEADOWS EDUCATION has come out as the big winner in the new state budget. The 2016-17 budget outlined a $13.3…

  • Lucky escape for drivers in high-impact crash

    Lucky escape for drivers in high-impact crash

    By KATH GANNAWAY POLICE are calling for witnesses to a crash in Woori Yallock on Wednesday 27 April, with the possibility of charges pending against…

  • Condemned to rebuild

    Condemned to rebuild

    By JESSE GRAHAM YARRA Ranges Council may have a new, fully-refurbished $28 million office by 2020, with councillors endorsing the first stages of a “complete…

  • A shady spot that’s forever Anzac

    A shady spot that’s forever Anzac

    By KATH GANNAWAY EIGHTEEN trees in an Avenue of Honour at Wesburn represent the young men from that district who never reached ‘old growth’. One…

  • Honouring the fallen

    Honouring the fallen

    By JESSE GRAHAM HUNDREDS of Healesvillians braved the cold weather for this year’s Anzac Day Dawn Service, gathering en masse at the RSL while stars…

  • Wildlife warriors call for new blood

    Wildlife warriors call for new blood

    By JESSE GRAHAM HEALESVILLE’S Judith Eardley Save Wildlife Centre’s owners are mapping out the future of their store, planning to establish a group to keep…

  • National park report comes under fire

    National park report comes under fire

    By JESSE GRAHAM YARRA Ranges Council’s report into the Great Forest National Park (GFNP) proposal has raised questions about its impact on the region, following…

  • Planned burns for Warburton

    Planned burns for Warburton

    By KATH GANNAWAY PLANNED burns in Warburton today will result in minor road and rail trail disruptions. Smoke will also be visible in and around…

  • Altitude shift for foster care

    Altitude shift for foster care

    By JESSE GRAHAM HEALESVILLE’S Jeremy Shub will abseil more than 100 metres next month, climbing down 27 storeys to raise money for children in foster…

  • Tributes from dawn ’til dusk

    Tributes from dawn ’til dusk

    By KATH GANNAWAY FROM the first light of dawn, to the going down of the sun, they were remembered. At Yarra Junction, Millgrove and Warburton,…

  • Toast to Opp Shop milestone

    Toast to Opp Shop milestone

    By KATH GANNAWAY IT’S quite unusual for an op shop to have 50 years of history behind it as the Yarra Junction Community Opportunity Shop…

  • Best ever Ecotopia Festival

    Best ever Ecotopia Festival

    By KATH GANNAWAY ‘BEST ever’ is the verdict on the 2016 Ecotopia Festival. The Yarra Junction Parklands, including the Upper Yarra Museum, came alive on…

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