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The faithful honour the fallen
By JESSE GRAHAM AT the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, 100 people in Healesville stopped to remember. The group gathered…
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Big birthday bash
By JESSE GRAHAM AND KATH GANNAWAY Town’s milestone marked in style… OVER a year of planning and discussions culminated over the weekend when the entirety…
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Numbers down, but spirits up
By JESSE GRAHAM IT WAS a day of thrills and not too many spills at Yarra Glen last week, when thousands of people flocked to…
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U-turn ahead of elections
By JESSE GRAHAM PRESUMPTIVE legislation to assist cancer-affected firefighters may be one step closer, after the Coalition last week announced its support – if it…
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Housing woes focus
By KATH GANNAWAY LIBERAL, Labor and Greens candidates took on the ‘unsexy’ issue of homelessness and housing affordability in a pre-election candidates’ forum at Montrose…
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All the right Levers
YVCA AFTER last week’s on-again off-again day with the rain, cricketers around the Yarra Valley were greeted with blue skies and hot conditions – and…
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Memories steaming in
By KATH GANNAWAY IT’S been a while since the Yarra Junction railway station took passengers, but for generations of locals, it was a life-blood transport…
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Prized art upHeld
By JESSE GRAHAM A HEALESVILLE sculptor has topped her competition and has been awarded a major art prize at Yering Station’s annual art exhibition. Kate…
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Fun with gay abandon
By SETH HYNES Pride Starring: Ben Schnetzer, Imelda Staunton, Paddy Considine, Bill Nighy Rated M for mature themes, coarse language, sexual references and brief nudity…
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Drugs seized in raids
In brief THREE people will front Ringwood Magistrates’ Court after Healesville police conducted raids across town late last month. Healesville’s Sergeant Stewart Thomson said that…
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23 goes into nine just fine
By LESLEY RUNDLE CHRIS Carlton won the Marysville nine-hole competition last week with 23 points and Brian Worcester was the runner-up with 21 points. Rob…
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Disappointing
I AM writing to voice my disappointment in the lack of community spirit displayed over the weekend and the fact that instead of celebrating our…