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Bin switch up for Yarra Ranges residents
A Food Organics and Garden Organics or FOGO collection is set to be introduced from 2 October this year throughout the Yarra Ranges. Once the…
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Electric vehicle webinar coming up next month
Yarra Ranges Council is hosting a free online webinar on Community Electric Vehicle and Charging Infrastructure in July. This webinar will cover the following topics:…
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OAM recipient calls for more care for those in crisis
Woori Yallock resident Jenny Willetts has been recognised for her support of some of the most vulnerable in the local community, receiving the Order of…
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WHYLD’s Winter Craft minimarket on this Saturday
WHYLD’s Winter Craft minimarket is coming up this Saturday June 17 from 10am to 3pm at the Don Valley Hall. The focus of the goods…
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Yarra Ranges Council confers on draft budget
Yarra Ranges councillors have approved the draft 2023/24 budget under the spectre of cost of living pressures and high inflation at the Tuesday 6 June…
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UYSC plant for the future
Upper Yarra Secondary College has tapped into a local learning opportunity with Year 8 students benefiting from Yarra Ranges Council’s Ribbons of Green initiative. Native…
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Wandin North man’s runawar car seriously injures two
Two people have been injured after being run over by a runaway car in Alexandra. It’s believed an unoccupied vehicle began rolling down a hill,…
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Order of Australia, Fire Service Medal awarded to locals
Two local residents have been recognised for their efforts on the first King’s Birthday in 72 years. Yellingbo resident Gaye Gadsden has received the Order…
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Yarra Valley and Dandenong Ranges residents invited to have their say on the future on Music Council
An open invitation to creatives throughout the hills and beyond has been made by The Dandenong Ranges Music Council, to have a say in its…
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Two years on from the storm
Emerald SES Unit Controller Ben Owen remembers the weather conditions being “worse than ever” on the evening of Wednesday 9 June 2021. “You probably really…
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Just over a third of Kinley Kangaroos survive after Lilydale relocation
After being released into Warramate Hills Nature Conservation Reserve in Gruyere, just over a third of kangaroos relocated from a development site in Lilydale have…
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Refugee reunites with family
An asylum seeker from Afghanistan was reunited with his family on 4 March after many years of effort, with Healesville Rural Australians for Refugee (RAR)…