Tag: News
Tower fix for blackspot
By KATH GANNAWAY
EAST Warburton has a temporary mobile phone tower, and there are calls for a community alert siren to warn of impending bushfire.
Communication...
Painful twist for weed warrior
By JESSE GRAHAM
A MELBOURNE Water employee is nursing a twisted ankle, after an incident early Monday that saw four emergency services crews rescue him...
Publicans taking off
By KATH GANNAWAY
POWELLTOWN was still shrouded in black after the 1983 bushfires when John and Ronietta Edwards took over the tiny Powelltown General Store...
Special Christmas Eve delivery
By KATH GANNAWAY
CHRISTMAS had a real sense of ‘Deja Vu’ for Warburton’s Enery family.
Their special Christmas Eve delivery was a beautiful new baby girl,...
All kinds of engines
By KATH GANNAWAY
IF YOU love the sound of engines revving, or the glint of chrome, and, a great family day out, then you’re in...
Driver dies in Narbethong crash
By JESSE GRAHAM
UPDATE: 5pm
A MAN has died following a single-car crash in Narbethong earlier today.
Emergency services were called out to Marysville Road in Narbethong...
App-y to help out
By JESSE GRAHAM
THE owner of a recently launched website and app for Yarra Ranges businesses says it will be a one-stop shop for visitors,...
Gold standard accommodation
By JESSE GRAHAM
THE YARRA Valley has been given a look-in on a national level, with local accommodation businesses listed as some of the most-loved...
Councillors’ billy cart challenge
By PETER DOUGLAS
YARRA Ranges councillors have been urged to invoke their inner speed-demon and be a part of the 2016 Upwey Billy Cart Races,...
Teen facing court over soccer flare up
A LILYDALE teenager will face the Children’s Court after lighting a flare in the city earlier this week.
On Tuesday 26 January, the 17-year-old Lilydale...
Intervention over Sanitarium stalemate
By Peter Douglas
YARRA Ranges Council will seek intervention to try to resolve a dispute regarding the future of the old Sanitarium factory...
Driver go-slow urged as school returns
By JESSE GRAHAM
DRIVERS are being urged to slow down as of Thursday, with lower speed limits in school zones coming back into force as...
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12 month dry spell sees Yarra Ranges grapple with a horse...
RSPCA Victoria reported a surge of 800 horse-related animal cruelty reports as some owners failed to provide enough food amid an unusually dry 12...
