Polio – the encore virus
In the last 20 years polio has been all but eradicated globally and today is prevalent in only two countries, Pakistan and Afghanistan.
It was...
With a little help from my friends
Finding a cure for Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is proving elusive but a group of Healesville families are not prepared to just sit back...
Furious councillors knock back cash
Yarra Ranges Councillors knocked back an opportunity to apply for $4 million for a Powelltown project.
At their Tuesday 13 November meeting, they debated a...
New Italian event in the valley
All things Italy are descending on Healesville and Warburton.
The Ciao Yarra Valley Ciao event will culminate in the Festa di via Verde in Healesville...
Eildon candidates on the Maternity Push
ALP candidate Sally Brennan said giving birth was a life-changing experience, and the environment in which it occurred was so important for the well-being...
Pledge for FEM change
Liberal Eildon incumbent Cindy McLeish said new plumbing regulations were affecting fire equipment maintenance for CFA brigades.
She said that under the Labor Government’s Plumbing...
Share the road and save the kids
Amy Gillett, an olympic athlete and world class cyclist, was tragically killed in 2005 while on a training ride in Germany.
The Amy Gillett Foundation,...
Messing about in boats
A 13 day kayaking odyssey from Warburton to Williamstown in early 2018 is one way ‘to dare’ yourself to do something.
Ivor Wolstencroft, a former...
Cross with care
The Mail recently wrote about the Maroondah Highway and Badger Creek Road intersection and on 28 September reported VicRoads as saying “the infrastructure already...
Colour explosion in Launching Place
Launching Place Primary School ended the week with a huge explosion - a colour explosion that is.
In a fundraising effort on 16 November, that...
Wilde in the park
Yarra Ranges Regional Museum is breaking new ground with its first outdoor performance, Wilde Readings in the Park, on 21 November.
The performance compliments the...
Liberals promise to restore reservoir park
If elected at the 24 November election, the Victorian Liberal Party has pledged $500,000 to return Maroondah Reservoir Park to its former glory.
On 14...
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With Christmas fast approaching, it is time to reflect on the progress we made in 2024 while planning new projects and fresh goals for...
