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Sign of the times
Thieves stole miniature road traffic signs designed to help kids learn road rules from a Healesville park. Yarra Ranges Council installed the signs at the…
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Poppies needed more than ever
This year marks one hundred years since the guns fell silent on the Western Front to end the Great War. Poppies were among the first…
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Healesville boy charged
A Healesville boy was among two teens charged over an alleged assault outside Ringwood Railway Station. Transit Crime Investigation Unit detectives arrested a 17-year-old boy…
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Owning the plan
In 2016 a group of Badger Creek residents were talking about how to get their community more connected and what needed to be done in…
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Keith Thomas remembered
It’s difficult to convey the sadness when an enduring member of the Upper Yarra community passes, and in such a small and tight community each…
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Brigade eyes new digs
A Liberal National Government would fund a new fire station in Healesville. Eildon MP Cindy McLeish said the location or cost was to be determined.…
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Drive for change
Although Healesville Hospital still did birthing in 2012, they didn’t take first-time mums so I was booked in for Box Hill. The most daunting part…
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Ferry’s flying in
British musical icon Bryan Ferry is heading for the valley in February. He’ll play A Day on the Green at Rochford Wines on Saturday 23…
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Fun for a good cause
The Rotary Club of Wandin is holding a fund-raising event to help children in need. Comedy Hypnotist Gerard V will perform at the two-course dinner…
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Animal medics get help
Looking after injured wildlife has been given a boost of $170,000 by the Victorian State Government. Minister for the Environment, Lily D’Ambrosio announced Help for…
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Conserving Christmas Hills
The State Government is moving to bring certainty to 1,000 hectares of land in Christmas Hills, owned by Melbourne Water and previously set aside for…
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Junior cricket shake-up
Although rain curtailed the day’s play across the Yarra Valley, plans are in full swing for the upcoming season. Both junior and senior competitions kicked…