News
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Poppy Appeal assistance
This year, the Warburton RSL Sub-Branch is putting out the call; can you spare an hour or two to volunteer for the 2019 Poppy Appeal?…
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The Round-up
Police disappointed by results of road operation. Drink and drug drivers have been a headache for Yarra Ranges highway patrol this long weekend as police…
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Reaching new Heights in sustainability
Lilydale Heights College is going all in on sustainability as the school plans to construct a sustainability learning hub as well as a sports stadium,…
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Saddling up for Sydney
Several members of the Yarra Glen and Healesville Pony Clubs are preparing to compete at the Pony Club Nationals Competition to be held in Sydney…
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Aboriginal communities take historic step in treaty process
Aboriginal communities are taking a historic step forward in the treaty process as Victorian Aboriginal communities begin to vote in the First Peoples’ Assembly of…
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Jane’s bush kinder brings award
Family day care educator Jane Thomas has been named a regional winner of the 2019 Excellence in Family Day Care Awards for the third time.…
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Brightening the patient experience
Palliative care patients at Healesville Hospital and Yarra Valley Health will have access to two beautiful hand-crafted quilts thanks to a kind donation the Fireside…
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Sign language at the sanctuary
Healesville Sanctuary celebrated the National Week of Deaf People from September 21-27. A wide range of their wildlife shows and presentations featured Auslan interpreters to…
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Funeral service to honour Aunty Dot
The Yarra Ranges community is mourning the passing of Indigenous Elder Aunty Dorothy ‘Dot’ Peters AM on Thursday 19 September. The funeral service for Aunty…
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4500 bees swarm car parked at Healesville Hospital
How many bees is an acceptable number to have living on your car? For me, a number doesn’t immediately spring to mind, as I’ve never…
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Hay fire causes havoc on highway
A truck transporting hay caught fire in Healesville causing the Maroondah Highway to be blocked for several hours on the morning of Friday 20 September.…
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Briefly
Operation Scoreboard Victoria Police will be executing their game plan over the grand final long weekend and ask the community to consider theirs as police…