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Spring Spread: Parrots feast on fruity kebabs
The Regent parrots, rainbow lorikeets and gang-gang cockatoos at Healesville Sanctuary are feasting on kebabs made of their favourite spring fruits and vegetables.
Keepers spiked...
Helping others while having fun
After overcoming severe mental illness, Chirnside Park resident Marcus Reeves has put on a car and bike show She Won’t Be Right Mate (SWBRM)...
Two more awards for Oakridge
Before the memory of winning a national award in August gets forgotten, a Coldstream-based winery was given two more awards on Friday 1 November...
Upper Yarra groups benefit from AusNet emergency resilience and literacy grants
Two Upper Yarra groups are set to benefit from grants through AusNet’s Energy Resilience Community Fund, introduced after the February storms to help improve...
Near month-long Telstra landline outage frustrates disconnected Upper Yarra resident
An Upper Yarra resident has been left frustrated and annoyed following an outage to his landline service through Telstra.
Three Bridges resident Peter Dunn, responding...
Jim Child reelected for fourth term as Yarra Ranges’ O’Shannassy Ward Councillor
Jim Child has retained his position as O’Shannassy Ward Councillor at Yarra Ranges Council following the 2024 local government elections.
This will take him to...
Warburton CFA kept busy by escaped burn-off and oil spill
The Warburton CFA were kept busy on Monday 11 November by two incidents in quick succession.
A CFA spokesperson said three CFA units from Warburton...
Wandin Preschool celebrates 60 years
The Wandin Preschool community came together to celebrate the kindergarten’s 60th birthday on Sunday 10 November.
Just under 70 previous staff, students and families of...
Police ask public to help in search for Warburton shop vandals
Warburton Police are seeking public assistance to identify persons responsible for causing damage to the Charlie Horse Vintage Clothing store, located on Warburton Highway...
Another war memorial vandalism before Remembrance Day
Ahead of one of the significant days for servicemen, a local war memorial was found vandalised once again.
It was on Thursday 7 November...
Posties fear peak delivery season as dog-incidents still high
Mooroolbark has ranked in the top three suburbs in Victoria where posties have experienced a dog attack in the last six months.
As the...
Three…pivotal US presidential elections
1860 Election
The election that initiated the Civil War, there really isn't an election as defining for US history than the ascendancy of President Lincoln....
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More than 170 people attended the Victorian Country Press Association’s pinnacle event for 2024, held at the RACV Resort in Torquay on Friday 15...
