Tag: News
Ambulance Victoria winching into action
This summer, you may have already seen – or you might still see – Ambulance Victoria’s Mobile Intensive Care Ambulance (MICA) flight paramedics in...
RACV and Victoria Police urge caution as school zones return
With thousands of children returning to school this week for the first term of 2025, Victoria Police and RACV are reminding motorists to slow...
Voices For Casey conducting ‘Pulse Surveys’ in lead-up to federal election
Over the next 12 weeks, Voices for Casey will be conducting a series of ‘Pulse Surveys’ to 'check the local heartbeat' and encourage local...
Local help needed for one man’s ‘Legendary Yarra Swim’
A man with plans to swim (and walk where necessary) the entire length of the Yarra River from Reefton to the Swanston Street bridge...
Back to school at Gladysdale Primary School
Gladsydale Primary School welcomed all students back on Wednesday 29 January for the start of another school year.
While the new Preps won’t usually be...
School zones return for 2025
Drivers on the road in the mornings and afternoons are urged to take care as school zone speed limits are in place again this...
Back to school: Safety tips to protect kids on the roads
As Victorian children return to school this week, Kidsafe Victoria is urging parents, carers and drivers to prioritise child safety on the roads.
With busy...
Australia Day breakfast with the Rotary Club of Wandin
While the Wandin Family Fun Day scheduled for the public holiday on Monday 27 January was postponed due to the extreme heat, Wandin Rotarians...
Local health students offered unique scholarship opportunity
Community health service Inspiro is awarding two scholarships to the value of $22,500 this year, to inspire the next generation of health professionals.
To be...
Long weekend prompts road policing push
Police prepared for a busy period on Victorian roads as a statewide road policing operation kicked off for the Australia Day long weekend.
Operation Amity,...
Food reliefs pop ups continue
Food relief has continued throughout January all throughout the Yarra Valley and Dandenong Ranges as ‘pop-up’ food relief days try to ease the pressure...
Yarra Valley Group Officer and former Hillcrest CFA Captain Fiona Burns receives Australian Fire...
Fiona Burns has been an inspirational member of CFA for more than 21 years, serving as a member of two brigades (Launching Place and...