News
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Sustainable vision
By Victoria Stone-Meadows YARRA Valley Estate has been nominated for the Premier’s Sustainability Award for their latest environmental project. The Premier’s Sustainability Award is given…
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Exhibition has some familar faces
By Jesse Graham BUDDING Upper Yarra artists are being called on to capture a face from their community for an inaugural portraiture exhibition in Warburton.…
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MP Smith returns to the Speaker’s chair
By Jesse Graham CASEY MP Tony Smith will sit in the Parliamentary Speaker’s chair until 2019, after being re-elected to the role unopposed late last…
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Hunt is on for child stalker
By Victoria Stone-Meadows POLICE are on the lookout for a man who followed a 12-year-old girl in Launching Place in late July. About 3.30pm on…
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Frogs back from brink
By Jesse Graham ENVIRONMENT Minister Lily D’Ambrosio has praised the work of Healesville Sanctuary’s captive breeding program, with a record number of Corroboree Frog eggs…
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Concern for missing man’s welfare
POLICE are calling for residents to keep an eye out for missing Yarra Glen man, Sabino Centrella, who was last seen on Monday 29 August.…
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Flipped truck blocks highway
By Victoria Stone-Meadows A FLIPPED truck caused havoc on the Melba Highway just outside of Yarra Glen on Tuesday 6 September. Shortly before 6am, a…
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Near misses at level crossing
By Victoria Stone-Meadows YARRA Valley Railway and Healesville Police are less than impressed with road users’ behaviour surrounding the level railway crossing on the Kinglake-Healesville…
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Passing of arts era
By Jesse Graham IT WAS the end of an era for Healesville Primary School when arts co-ordinator Lillian Triffett Walsh finished up last week, after…
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Teacher leaves art legacy
AFTER nearly 40 years at Healesville Primary School, arts co-ordinator Lillian Triffett Walsh has hung up her smock and called it a day. The teacher,…
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Space to play and get fit
By Derek Schlennstedt Construction is underway at Lillydale Lake with the current play space set to receive exciting new features which will appeal to people…
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Don’t cop the axe
THE Spring 2016 Firewood Collection Season officially opened on Thursday, 1 September. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP) Regional Manager Forest and Fire…