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School’s doing loops over hoops
By Russell BennettBELGRAVE South Primary School students are shooting for the stars as part of McDonald’s Hoop Time basketball competition. Three of the school’s teams…
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VicForests faces the chop
By Mara Pattison-SowdenTHE future of Victoria’s forests is shaping up to be a major election issue in the electorates of Gembrook and Seymour. Last week…
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Fire fight fundraiser
BADGER Creek CFA members are gearing up for a great night of music, food, fun and fundraising this Saturday. The brigade members are inviting community…
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Weather station
By Russell BennettFruit growers Peter, Steve and Mark Chapman, and Phillip Sezonenko can’t understand why they haven’t been able to use their local weather station.…
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Winner on track
Local singer/songwriter Bonnie Anderson is in an amazing line-up of Australian talent taking part in Music at the Healesville Track 2010. By Kath GannawayOVER the…
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Boxers’ fine form
By MaraBOXERS from Lilydale and the Yarra Valley took out five of six titles at the Victorian Championships last week. Healesville’s Patrick Connell is now…
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All go for gas
By Mara Pattison-SowdenWARBURTON will be one of the first towns to connect to natural gas in a $100 million state-wide project if the Liberal-National Coalition…
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Eleventh hour honour
By Mara Pattison-SowdenMORE than 55 people turned out in warm weather at Yarra Junction’s cenotaph last Thursday to pay their respects to fallen soldiers. Upper…
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Appeal to make Black Spur safe
By Kath GannawayNATIONALS candidate for Seymour Anthony Rolando is pushing for a radical, but he says possible, solution to improving safety on the Black Spur.…
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Great Chase race
HEALESVILLE Greyhound Association hosted heats of the annual Great Chase series on 5 November with Monkami and Reclink Outer East walking away winners. Around 100…
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Snag royalty
By Mara Pattison-SowdenLeanne Brook has been linking sausages since she was five years old, and along with apprentice Scott Lane, they make the best sausages…
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Maritime tragedy recalled- Don Ritchie pays silent tribute and remembers his brother Garnet at the Yarra Glen RSL service. 56549
By Kath GannawayDON Ritchie read The Ode at Yarra Glen on Remembrance Day, 11 November. “I got through it all right,” he said later. It’s…