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Worth more than a diamond
By Melissa DonchiKEN and Maisie Hay are celebrating their 60th anniversary but one thing is missing. “I’m still waiting for my diamond ring,” Maisie jokes.…
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Festival
BUSHFIRES in the Kinglake National Park last weekend caused the cancellation of the Gulf Station Pioneer and Working Horse Festival. The festival, scheduled for Saturday,…
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Host of tourism wins
By Dion TeasdaleYARRA Valley tourism operators have scooped a number of top honours at the 2005 Melbourne Airport Victorian Tourism Awards. Yering Station Winery in…
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Right ‘redy’ to jingle
NANCY Watt put a bit of extra jingle into jingle bells when Joe’s Folk visited Monda Lodge last week. The Yarra Ranges U3A singing group,…
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Schools boost
By Dion TeasdaleTWO non-government schools in the Yarra Valley are set to receive a major funding boost from the State Government. St Brigid’s Primary School…
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Premier exposure for giant eel story
By Dion TeasdaleTHE YARRA Valley’s tourism operators, local identities and urban myths will be featured in an upcoming segment of the television travel program Getaway.…
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St Kilda hero set to meet fans
ST KILDA fans can meet former Saints’ captain Luke Ball at Chirnside Park on Saturday. Ball, one of St Kilda’s star midfielders, will be doing…
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Mayor’s Big Top thanks
– Kath GannawayYARRA Ranges mayor, Monika Keane, is inviting local volunteers to join her for a ‘thank you’ under the big top as part of…
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Vera Adams, of Steels Creek. Photo courtesy of Professor John Crossley.
THE autumn of 1946 was one Vera Adams never forgot. It was the start of a love affair with the Steels Creek district to which…
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Kittens trashed
By Melissa DonchiSEVEN kittens have been dumped on a Healesville kerbside hard waste rubbish heap and left to die. The seven kittens were locked inside…
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Firm presses on with trade
By Dion TeasdaleEstablished in 1973, the business has been owned and operated by the Jones family since 1987. Manager Derek Jones, who runs the printing…
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Big weekend up the creek
By Kath GannawayLike its hugely successful predecessor, the Hoddles Creek Draught Horse Festival, which ran for 14 years, this new community event is organised by…
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