News
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Motion to rescind animal husbandry amendment
By VICTORIA STONE-MEADOWS YARRA Ranges Council may rescind last week’s decision to abandon a planning scheme amendment on intensive animal husbandry. In a councillor motion…
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Never surrender
By JESSE GRAHAM WOORI Yallock Primary School has vowed to never give up on its fight for flashing speed signs around the school zone, despite…
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Care on hold
By JESSE GRAHAM PALLIATIVE care at Healesville Hospital will move down the line for 18 months as part of the hospital’s long-awaited redevelopment, with works…
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Amendment brings adoption healing
By VICTORIA STONE-MEADOWS A WARBURTON man who missed the opportunity to connect with his mother after finding out he was adopted has welcomed the repeal…
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Empathy for quake victims
By JESSE GRAHAM DIXONS Creek Primary School students have pulled up their socks (and jeans) for a season-long fund-raiser to help with the relief effort…
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Curtains for community group
By JESSE GRAHAM COMMUNITY 3777 is no more. The group officially wound up in a meeting on Monday 17 August, ending 15 years of work…
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The relay is back
By JESSE GRAHAM THE RELAY for Life is coming back to Healesville in November, with a huge fund-raising goal set to help with cancer research…
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Our wines on top
By JESSE GRAHAM THE YARRA Valley has again punched above its weight with its wine, making up a third of the 100 wines recently announced…
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Nepal helped
By VICTORIA STONE-MEADOWS FORMER Healesville Rotary Club president Allan Davidson and his wife Ruth are very grateful for the support they have received from the…
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Sport honours
By JESSE GRAHAM HEALESVILLE High School honoured the achievements of its sporting students last week, with awards handed out to its high achievers. At a…
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Rocky’s now on the road to recovery
By JESSE GRAHAM AN ORPHANED swamp wallaby has become one of the latest residents at Healesville Sanctuary after being brought in for surgery on the…
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Council looks for answers to its crumbling, costly home
By JESSE GRAHAM BETWEEN termite and water damage, a patchwork of buildings stuck together and infrastructure from “the beginning of time”, Yarra Ranges Council needs…