News
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A conversation about homelessness
The first week of August marked National Homelessness Week, which aimed to put the spotlight on the impact of homelessness in Australia through national and…
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Councils unite to address homelessness
The number of homeless men, women and children is growing in suburban areas and COVID-19 has further impacted the vulnerability of those who sleep rough…
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Launching Homelessness Week
Homelessness services and agencies from across the Yarra Ranges united to launch the start of this year’s National Homelessness Week after a particularly tough and…
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The Round-up
Rainfall Rainfall totals have been steady year on year as Healesville resident Alma Mitchell recorded 61.1mm of rain throughout 23 days in July. This is…
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School on a new path
Warburton Primary School students are celebrating the erection of a new footpath along the school’s grounds, which connects the campus to the township. The upgrade…
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Hoons hit fire station
Upper Yarra firefighters awoke to an awful sight last weekend as they found burnout tracks across the entrance of the Wesburn/Millgrove fire station. While hoon…
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Felix’s last goodbye to Mooroolbark
For over 50 years Felix Tabone has been keeping the trains running at Lilydale, Croydon and Mooroolbark stations but has just recently hung up his…
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Clare’s Hideaway
Healesville artist Clare James launched a solo exhibition at the YAVA Gallery and Arts Hub. Hideaway is an expression of love for the forest and…
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New legal tool helps locals recover after storms
The storms that wreaked havoc throughout Yarra Ranges in early June are well in the past, but locals are still dealing with the problems they…
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Good Netflix movie for Lockdown 6.0
(SCREEN SCENE dinkus) Blood Red Sky Starring Peri Baumeister, Carl Anton Koch and Alexander Scheer Rated MA15+ Blood Red Sky is a tense, compelling German…
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Community Diary
RSL raffle Warburton RSL’s raffle deadline has been extended to 29 October giving locals a greater chance at purchasing a winning ticket after the recent…
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Smart water tank to improve platypus breeding odds
Water authorities will be turning to Melburnians to help with a novel system of ‘smart’ rainwater tanks and urban lakes that can provide crucial water…