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Child care application
THE ABC Group, one of the largest owners of private childcare businesses in Australia, is planning to open a $1million centre in Healesville next year.…
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Hair-raising night for a good cause
By Melissa Meehan PEOPLE suffering from leukaemia don’t get to decide if or when they lose their hair; cancer treatment often makes that decision for…
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Sisters’ grief turns to anger
By Kath Gannaway SISTERS Deanne Green, Carmen Sullivan and Marea Yann expected to live out the last years of their lives together. They’d talked about…
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A taste of Gladysdale festival
TASTE the local produce and have a great day out at the Gladysdale Apple and Wine Festival on Sunday, 7 May. All the new varieties…
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Granose profits took the biscuit
CONSTRUCTION of the Warburton Sanitarium Health Food factory began in early 1925. In an amazing feat, production started in June of the same year. The…
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Steels Creek Bridge closed for renovation
By Kath Gannaway THE SHIRE of Yarra Ranges will spend $150,000 on major improvements to the Pinnacle Lane Bridge in Steels Creek. Work was set…
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Holiday care set to close
By Kath Gannaway WORKING parents in Healesville are once again faced with losing their school holiday program. The program survived being cut four years ago…
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Lives smashed
By Kath GannawayHEALESVILLE is again feeling the pain of losing two beautiful young people. Letecia Larsen and Stacie Lorgelly lost their lives last week in…
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Charity is winner
By Melissa DonchiEXTREME weather conditions didn’t stop locals from Healesville and Upper Yarra from taking part in the Melbourne leg of Oxfam’s Trailwalker on Friday,…
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Carnival set for success
YARRA Valley Racing is on target to have its most popular and successful racing carnival on record. Yarra Valley Racing chief executive Brett Shambrook said…
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Respite opens for care
By Melissa DonchiMORE than 400 disadvantaged children and their carers flocked to Toolangi on the weekend for the official opening of Anglicare Victoria’s Teamsters’ Hill…
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New shire tact on a burning issue
By Melissa MeehanYARRA Ranges Council has endorsed a new local law that will see a number of changes in the way residents can burn off…