News
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Kindness brings cool award
Yarra Glen resident Amber Wilkinson has been selected as a finalist for the 2019 AusMumpreneur Awards in the fashion business category. Mrs Wilkinson is the…
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Applications for Aunty Dot’s award now open
Applications are now open for the Aunty Dot Peters Award. The award supports Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander students to complete years nine and ten…
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Knowing our people
In 1979, being engaged in your community was done through the people you knew – your community groups, your friends and family – and, of…
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From the editor’s desk
We asked 40 of our readers and contributors ‘What does the Mountain Views Mail mean to you?’ to mark the paper’s 40th anniversary. You’ll find…
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Kath made her mark
The 40th anniversary edition of the Mountain Views Mail would be incomplete if it didn’t feature former journalist and photographer Kath Gannaway, who worked for…
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Community-focused from the start
“People were hugging me in the main street and telling me how great it would be to have a real community newspaper again.” Forty years…
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Mountain Views Mail – 40 years of community news
It’s fair to say that Tamara Chippindall has changed a fair bit she appeared on the front page of the first edition of the Mountain…
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A real family paper
Glue was a key tool of the trade when Debby Cheeseman worked for the Mountain Views Mail. She recalled the stick and paste method for…
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Proud to be custodians of the Mail
Mail Newspaper Group, as publisher of the award-winning Mountain Views Mail, is proud to be the custodian of the Yarra Valley’s local newspaper as it…
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Oh, baby! Sharon’s all grown up
Sharon Anne Fitzpatrick was arguably the youngest face to appear in the Mountain Views Mail’s first edition. Her birth announcement was the newspaper’s first and…
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A nose for news
The Mail has tackled many difficult stories over the decades, but Black Saturday is arguably the toughest. Covering the tragedy that unfolded as bushfire tore…
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Ray’s reflections
While the Mail News Group office has changed a few times over the 40 years, the newspaper has always been based in Healesville’s main street.…