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Good to the core
By KATH GANNAWAY GLADYSDALE’S Apple and Wine Festival was big this year. From the return of the school symbol, the Big Apple, to its rightful…
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Walkers’ amazing feat
By JESSE GRAHAM THOUSANDS of eager walkers made their way through the Yarra Ranges over the weekend, as part of the intense Oxfam Trailwalker event,…
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Siren of love
By KATH GANNAWAY “LET the siren that starts the game be a siren that sounds out our commitment to inclusion, love and respect for all…
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A matter of pride
By KATH GANNAWAY AFL operations manager Mark Evans described the Yarra Glen and Yarra Junction football clubs as the “pride of the community and the…
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Broken wings for Healing
By JESSE GRAHAM A HEALESVILLE Sanctuary program that connected rehabilitating birds with rehabilitating prisoners is set for the big screen this week, with the release…
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Budget for fauna
By KATH GANNAWAY VICTORIA’S two faunal emblems will benefit from a $3.2 million injection of funds in the 2014-’15 State Budget. Environment Minister Ryan Smith…
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Silver Friends plan for gold
By KATH GANNAWAY AS the Friends of the Helmeted Honeyeater (FoHH) approach 25 years in their ongoing efforts to save Victoria’s faunal (bird) emblem from…
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Services honour fallen heroes
By KATH GANNAWAY FROM dawn through to dusk, the sacrifice of men and women who bravely fought for their country over the past century was…
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Tribute tradition kept alive
By JESSE GRAHAM HUNDREDS of community members and war veterans gathered to pay their respects to soldiers past and present at a number of Anzac…
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Gillies exposes political foibles
By KATH GANNAWAY POLITICIANS such as Bob Hawke and Andrew Peacock couldn’t escape the razor wit of Max Gillies in the 80s, and there’s no…
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Battery drive in top gear
By KATH GANNAWAY WANDIN Rotary Club is collecting old car batteries to light up the Wandin Football ground. That doesn’t mean the Bulldogs have given…
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Olivia’s making news
By JESSE GRAHAM HEALESVILLE Primary School student Olivia Marshall got to live a day as a reporter earlier this month, after she topped hundreds of…