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Closing the gap
Closing the health gap between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians is a key priority for Eastern Health and on Sunday 3 March it’s annual sports day…
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A happy place to be
On the 10th of March 2009 at the Yarra Centre,13 people played the first games of the Yarra Junction Keenagers Table Tennis Group, but only…
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Solar savings for ECOSS
Yarra Valley ECOSS is getting a $20,000 grant to install solar power. The Wesburn centre is the latest recipient of Powershop’s Your Community Energy initiative.…
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Front-row to trauma
I was a 20-year-old cadet for the Mail’s sister paper, the Pakenham Gazette, when I found myself in Healesville on 8 February 2009 covering the…
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Cut chronic stress to heal
Chronic stress is a major factor that inhibits the body’s natural ability to repair and self-heal. All chronic illness is affected to some degree by…
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Sandra’s final chapter
Sandra Hamnett was just after some job interview practice when she applied to work at Yarra Junction Library 35 years ago. “I hadn’t gone for…
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Clean and green ink
While government and business leaders dither on sustainability, Lilly Parker has put her principles first and taken action by opening a carbon neutral tattoo studio…
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Grace period over
Children’s safety when being picked up and dropped off at school is everyone’s responsibility, says Yarra Ranges Council. Primary and secondary students across the shire…
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Crank Up returns
One of the major historical events on the Yarra Valley calendar, Crank Up, is set to return on the weekend of 6-7 April, at the…
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Safer together
In a timely reminder that summer and bushfire season has a long way to go, Healesville Community Bushfire Group is holding its next meeting on…
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Black Spur closed following truck rollover
Motorists are advised that the Black Spur is closed in both directions following a truck which has rolled down an embankment near Fernshaw. Emergency services…
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Young performers on show
Exams are well behind most students but four Upper Yarra teenagers are about to put their work on display and face the music in a…
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