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TWO Yarra Valley tourism icons have taken out top honours at the Australian Hotels Association State Awards for Excellence. The Healesville Hotel was awarded for…

By Dion TeasdaleTWO Yarra Valley restaurants have each earned a highly prized Chefs Hat in The Age 2007 Good Food Guide, unveiled last week. Coldstream…

By Kath Gannaway YARRA Ranges Council has given the go-ahead to the development of a Community Environment Park in Wesburn. A 7.4 hectare shire-owned site…

By Melissa DonchiNEW CSIRO Research has predicted a sour future for Australian wine grapes as a result of climate change. In a worst-case scenario, it…

By Melissa DonchiAFTER 77 years the Lithgow family has sold the iconic Yarra Glen Grand Hotel to a local showbiz couple for an undisclosed sum.…

By Melissa DonchiDESPITE a heavy downpour and a deserted main street, the Mount Evelyn and Yarra Valley Arts Society raised more than $2000 at its…

By Dion TeasdaleYARRA Valley winegrowers have welcomed the Federal Government’s decision to increase the Wine Equalisation Tax (WET) rebate scheme. An expansion of the rebate…

By Melissa MeehanWARBURTON Christian School will close at the end of this year after falling student numbers in recent years. Director of Seventh-Day Adventist Schools…

By Kath GannawayUP AND down the Warburton Highway, men are tinkering in their sheds. For those lucky enough to have one, the backyard shed is…

LOCAL resident Federico Martinengo is excited to be drumming up a storm in his home town of Healesville in early May. Over the weekend of…

By Kath GannawayA NEW committee will work on a five-year plan to provide a permanent home for medical services in Yarra Glen. The Yarra Glen…

By Melissa MeehanYARRA Ranges councillor and chairman of the Graffiti Management Group Terry Avery has welcomed the State Government’s tough new anti graffiti laws. Last…