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Tea party for cancer support
THE Terminus Hotel, Healesville, is this Thursday getting right behind this year’s Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea. Staff and management are encouraging local residents and regular…
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Red Cross help needed
A GROWING number of our neighbours will face a lonely winter this year with as many as 7 per cent, or 1.5 million Australians, this…
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Road funds flow
By VICTORIA STONE-MEADOWS IN one of the biggest funding commitments for our loal roads in recent years, funding for the Roads to Recovery Program has…
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New clothing range a sure-fire hit
THE little clothing shop in Yarra Junction Shopping Village has been re-opened. New owner of BlackBird Clothing Bernadette Towan has introduced new clothes and a…
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Leading course ready for play
EASTWOOD Golf Club has an excellent 18-hole course, which is regarded as one of the leading claybelt courses in the area, and two well-maintained bowling…
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Power snaps as balloon enveloped in hot water
By JESSE GRAHAM THE chief pilot of hot air ballooning company Global Ballooning has expressed regret over an incident this morning, where a balloon full…
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Students gear up for trade futures
By JESSE GRAHAM STUDENTS from around the Yarra Valley will have better skills to enter the automotive industry, after $200,000 in parts were donated to…
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Pride of the league
By PETER DOUGLAS THE annual Pride Cup is fast becoming the premier event in the Yarra Valley Mountain District Football Netball League calendar. In a…
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Budget pleasure and pain
By JESSE GRAHAM HELP for small businesses and a backdown from last year’s more intense measures are two notable standouts from last week’s Federal Budget,…
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Lifeline for pool
By JESSE GRAHAM Councillors ‘swim in right direction’ voting to keep indoor pool open for five years… HEALESVILLE’S Indoor Pool was thrown a $200,000 lifeline…
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Killed over cash
By KATH GANNAWAY A YARRA Junction man tried to blame friends and neighbours for the brutal death of his partner, the Melbourne Supreme Court heard…
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Tattoo targets links probed
By KATH GANNAWAY POLICE are investigating possible links between suspicious fires at two tattoo shops in the Yarra Valley last week. Seville CFA were called…