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Get ready for the show
WITH the Lilydale Show just weeks away on 21 and 22 November, it’s full steam ahead with plans for some new and exciting events. Heritage…
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Mature voice speaks
By Kath GannawayHEALESVILLE’S Memorial Hall was a sea of red hats (outrageous!) as more than 160 women, and a few men, took the opportunity to…
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Open forum brings fire week to an end
By Monique EbringtonMORE than 200 Upper Yarra residents filed into the Warburton Mechanic’s Institute Hall last Sunday, 18 October, for a community bushfire forum. The…
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Pressure is mountainon Joshua
Kalorama’s Joshua Sek is hooked on mountain biking. 37662 Picture: Casey Neill By Casey NeillKALORAMA teen Joshua Sek is putting in the hard yards for…
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Rotary race goes full circuit
From left: Robert Chippindall, David Jurss (rider), Geoff Kennedy, Kaye Jurss, Karen Brown, Robert Gwyne, Jean Shore, Tony Carauana, Cheryl Chippindall, Bill Shore and David…
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Centre thrives
SINCE changing hands six months ago Steel Street Children’s Centre has welcomed many new families and is now a bustling hive of activity. The centre…
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Partnership for childhood
By Kath GannawayPARENTING is a challenging task. “The ways of the past often seem inadequate in dealing with the children of today, and there are…
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The horror of the blaze beast
By Kath GannawayPHIL Giddens was captain of the Coldstream Fire Brigade in February. Looking back – and he has done a lot of that –…
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Fire funds for all
By Kath GannawayMAJOR infrastructure projects including community centres, schools and tourist attractions, as well as walking tracks, history projects, community gardens and sporting facilities have…
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Horses shot dead
HEALESVILLE police are baffled by the callous shooting of two horses in a paddock off the Healesville-Yarra Glen Road. Senior Constable Steven Colverd told the…
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Damp start to two-day games
By Ian HarleyWITH junior and senior cricket called off on Saturday after a week of good rain, all games next week will revert to one-day…
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Women escape electric blanket fire
AN 89-YEAR-OLD woman and her daughter had a narrow escape from their burning house in Yarra Glen on 7 October. A neighbour spotted smoke coming…
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