Community benefit
By Kath Gannaway
AN ONGOING partnership between Upper Yarra Community House and Yarra Junction Opportunity Shop will fund a scholarship for a community member to...
End of season excitement
By Kath GannawayFOOTBALL fever hit the Yarra Valley on the weekend as a record crowd saw the up-and-coming stars of local footy giving their...
Budget to be adopted
By Dion TeasdaleTHE SHIRE of Yarra Ranges’ 2006/2007 budget is expected to be formally adopted by council next Tuesday, 27 June.
Public submissions to the...
Right for the job
WHEN Stephen Shortis looked at setting up his own accounting business, he had one simple criteria - it had to be as far out...
Summer activity
By Kath Gannaway
“GET involved” is the message the Shire of Yarra Ranges Youth Services team is sending to the shire’s tweens, teens and 20-somethings...
Trauma team to hold fundraiser
ROAD Trauma Support Team will host their 12th annual fundraising event, The Open Rose Weekend, on 17 and 18 November at The Nieuwesteeg Rose...
Logging protest ‘just hot air’
By Melissa Meehan
PROTESTORS gathered in Marys-ville over the weekend to voice their criticism of logging in water catchment areas.
Water users were invited by anti-logging...
Festive blow for inflatable Santa
By Melissa MeehanHOW the Grinch Stole Christmas is one of the most popular children’s Christmas books of all time.
But for a group of young...
Smiles after jaws cash
A $10,000 donation has put a smile on the faces of Healesville Lions Club and State Emergency Service members and a new set of...
All round talent on board
By Kath GannawayREG Gorman, one of the last generation of Australian vaudevillians, will be treading the boards at Warburton during Senior Citizens Week.
Mr Gorman...
Drought line set for flood
By Kath GannawayJUDY Anderson will be calling Centrelink this week after the Federal Government’s announcement of drought assistance for the Shire of Yarra Ranges.
The...
Steep learning curve for success
MARK and Kristine Wathen established Easy Excavations 12 years ago and it’s fair to say they’ve never looked back.
For Mark, who had previously worked...
Latest
Report reveals about 12,500 people facing homelessness over 10 years died...
A new feature report by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) has delved into the outcomes of people who have received support...
