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  • The round-up

    The round-up

    Queens Park damaged Only days after the Queens Park play space re-opened on 15 May, vandals caused about $8000 damage to the play equipment. Healesville…

  • Cheers to wildlife

    Cheers to wildlife

    Healesville Sanctuary couldn’t have asked for better winter weather for its Wine and Wildlife event. Sunny skies greeted visitors on Saturday and Sunday 8 and…

  • Wheel stops to prevent car accidents

    Wheel stops to prevent car accidents

    Yarra Ranges Council will install rubber wheel stops across several parking bays on Bell Street in Yarra Glen after two cars mounted the kerb causing…

  • Queen’s Birthday honours for late Warburton resident

    Queen’s Birthday honours for late Warburton resident

    Late Warburton resident Keith Thomas has been awarded the Order of Australia Medal (OAM) as part of the 2019 Queen’s Birthday honours for his service…

  • Aunty Dot receives Queen’s Birthday honours

    Aunty Dot receives Queen’s Birthday honours

    Indigenous Elder and Healesville resident Aunty Dot Peters has been recognised as a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) as part of the Queen’s…

  • Bus drivers strike again

    Bus drivers strike again

    Martyrs bus drivers from the Transport Workers Union (TWU) will walk out from the job for a second time in two weeks after unsuccessfully negotiating…

  • Calls to halt hoons

    Calls to halt hoons

    State Member for Eildon Cindy McLeish is calling for action to stop hooning on Mount Donna Buang. Speaking in the Victorian parliament Ms McLeish called…

  • Dixons Creek resident receives Anzac of the Year Award

    Dixons Creek resident receives Anzac of the Year Award

    Dixons Creek resident Tom Steele has been given the Anzac of the Year Award for his extensive community work over the years including playing the…

  • Craft group helps keep the homeless warm

    Craft group helps keep the homeless warm

     Yarra Glen’s Sticks and Hooks social craft group donated over 50 knitted items to homeless support group Healesville Inter-Church Community Inc (HICCI) on Tuesday 4…

  • Yarra Valley Trail works underway

    Yarra Valley Trail works underway

    Construction is now in progress for the first stages of the Yarra Valley Trail, which will connect Yarra Glen and Healesville to Lilydale and the…

  • Local author shares her story

    Local author shares her story

    Local author Catherine Moolenschot returned to Yarra Junction Library on Monday 3 June to speak about the process of writing Jim’s Book, a biography on…

  • Have your say on the future of our forests

    Have your say on the future of our forests

    A Regional Forest Agreement (RFA) community drop-in session will be held on 12 June at The Memo in Healesville at 12pm. Each community drop-in session…

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