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Poverty pen pal
By KATH GANNAWAYMOST teenagers return from holidays abroad with suitcases full of souvenirs and memories of golden beaches, snorkelling or shopping. Mikhaela Shafran came back…
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Grannies protest as loggers unite
By KATH GANNAWAYAS FOUR Toolangi grandmothers locked themselves onto machinery at the Leo’s Foot logging coupe last week, the local forest industry has mounted its…
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Crushed from on high
By MARA PATTISON-SOWDENA WARBURTON mother who warned the Shire hours before a dangerous tree smashed her son’s car is disgusted the council continues to put…
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Life-saver award call
By MARA PATTISON-SOWDEN AND RUSSELL BENNETTTHE YOUNGER brother of a Yarra Junction man who jumped into freezing cold water to save a drowning mother and…
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Town slams ‘racist’ vandalism on shop
By MARA PATTISON-SOWDENWARBURTON residents are shocked and appalled at recent vandalism attacks on a new restaurant business, with some saying the attacks are race related.…
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Mob attacks protest camp
By KATH GANNAWAYANTI-LOGGING groups are calling for a ‘serious’ investigation after two Central Highlands Action Group protestors were assaulted by a drunken mob in the…
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Town mourns Ted
By MARA PATTISON-SOWDENWARBURTON’s main street came to a standstill last Friday as Ted Chisholm was farewelled, meandering alongside the river with an entourage to his…
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Cables in the air
By MARA PATTISON-SOWDENYARRA Ranges’ main energy supplier has begun a $40 million, four-year program to replace powerlines with aerial bundled cable throughout high bushfire risk…
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Plan Ideas Sought
By MARA PATTISON-SOWDENWILD ideas are being sought to create a community plan for Woori Yallock, Hoddles Creek, Yellingbo, Launching Place and Don Valley (WHYLD). From…
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HICCI’s office space
By KATH GANNAWAYTHE official opening of the new HICCI office on Wednesday, 4 July, marked the end of a six-year journey for the Healesville-based churches…
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Council fights closure
By KATH GANNAWAYYARRA Ranges Mayor Graham Warren has vowed Yarra Ranges Council will do whatever it can to turn around Swinburne University’s decision to close…
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Uni swings axe
By KATH GANNAWAYA FOG of anger, frustration, confusion and devastation greeted the axing of Swinburne’s Lilydale Campus on Friday. News that the campus would close…
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