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Opening up to a world of books
By Kath GannawayLITTLE Charlie Graham is just a day old but, thanks to the Rotary Club of Healesville, he has a magic start to a…
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Wines win at Games sponsorship
DE BORTOLI Wines has declared its sponsorship as major wine provided to the Commonwealth Games a winner, not only for the winery, but for the…
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Ministers team up to thank teachers
By Kath Gannaway TWO women at the helm of state education in Victoria have invited the community to take the opportunity during Education Week to…
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Banking on community branch
ESTABLISHING a community bank in Yarra Junction will be one of the topics up for discussion at a business dinner to be held in the…
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Funding blow for clinic
By Melissa Meehan YARRA GLEN has been without a doctor since September last year. Led by Marjorie Woollands, the Yarra Glen Chamber of Commerce and…
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Change in political climate
By Kath GannawayWITH climate change – and more particularly what politicians are prepared to do about it – taking a higher profile among the wider…
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Rural cemetery trusts to stay
By Melissa Donchi THE State Government will not amalgamate rural cemetery trusts into a single authority after concluding that most of the trusts are “well…
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It’s bucketing down
IT MAY be too early to call it a trend, but the Mail’s Upper Yarra rainfall reporter, Keith Thomas, is happy to report that, for…
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CFA stems inferno
A FIRE which destroyed a weatherboard house in Old Fernshaw Road, Healesville, on Thursday morning is believed to have started in the bedroom. The owner…
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Stuck on security
By Dion TeasdaleA WARBURTON wood cutter has accused the Bracks Government of treating him like a terrorist. Mick Stormer, who runs a small commercial firewood…
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More awards for Yering Station
YERING Station has taken out two awards at the National Wine Show bringing its overall tally to 20. Yering’s soon-to-be released 2005 Reserve Shiraz Viognier…
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All sorted out
– Kath GannawayTO SORT, or not to sort? That is no longer the question for snail-mail posters in Healesville! Concerns about a reduction of service…