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Drug plan shock
By KATH GANNAWAY Concerns over plan to start anti-drug scheme… A PROPOSAL to run live-in drug rehabilitation programs at Green Gables Conference Centre in Warburton…
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Solstice feast in the vines
By JESSE GRAHAM A MOVEABLE feast will be available over the weekend as the Yarra Valley Smaller Wineries’ Shortest Lunch events begin on Saturday with…
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Eaten out of home
By MELISSA MEEHAN FOR 10 years, sulphur-crested cockatoos have been gnawing at her house. But that’s not the only gnawing Yarra Ranges resident Kate Gustke…
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Chipping in for suspended coffees
THE suspended coffee movement has arrived in Healesville offering people the chance to shout a stranger a coffee or a chai! The concept of suspended…
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United for a lost friend
By JESSE GRAHAM PERFORMERS from the Yarra Valley have banded together to raise money for the legacy of a lost friend, uniting people and donating…
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Hi-tech solution
STUDENTS at Wandin Yallock Primary School will be using new technology to create presentations about positive relationships, tolerance and acceptance for one another. They are…
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Film festival marks 30 years
By KATH GANNAWAY IT TOOK just three years for the Warburton Film Society to move from a fledgling group of film-buffs running a monthly film…
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Possum task force
By KATH GANNAWAY ZOOS Victoria and the Victorian Association of Forest industries have been charged with pulling together an advisory group to look at the…
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Traffic cops attacked
TWO police officers were assaulted in Wesburn last week over a speeding fine. The Yarra Ranges Highway Patrol officers stopped a Holden ute about 1.15pm…
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Mail journalists top their fields
MAIL journalists were judged as some of the best in their fields on Friday night at the Community Newspaper Association awards. Community newspapers from Victoria,…
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We’re here for the long haul
By EDITOR MELISSA MEEHAN It’s always sad to hear when a newspaper cuts staff or closes down all together. Even in our fiercest competitors do…
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Probus celebrates milestone
By MARA PATTISON-SOWDEN UPPER Yarra Ladies’ Probus Club has celebrated its 20-year anniversary with a party in Seville. The 55-strong group of ladies, including 10…