News
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Driver’s tips from SES
By KATH GANNAWAY UNLIKE other safety hazards such as speeding or drink driving, driver fatigue is not a criminal offence, but it can be just…
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A clear-cut reception
By KATH GANNAWAY THE laws around mobile phone use, talking and texting, are clear. It’s illegal. The stakes were raised just over a year ago…
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Firies called to runaway burn-off
By JESSE GRAHAM CATASTROPHE was narrowly avoided this afternoon, when a burn-off in Badger Creek took off and spread into nearby bushland. The fire began…
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Police call for help in charity van chase
By JESSE GRAHAM A VAN stolen from a Lilydale charity over the weekend has been spotted repeatedly in Healesville, and police are urging the public…
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Overtaking cyclists: changes mooted
By JESSE GRAHAM A FORMER Yarra Ranges councillor called for changes to current cycling laws, which could see drivers fined for not keeping a metre…
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Restoring station’s pristine glory
By JESSE GRAHAM RESIDENTS from around the valley and beyond flocked to the Yarra Glen railway station on Saturday to see restoration works on the…
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Counting on women
By KATH GANNAWAY LIVING up to the 2015 theme, the 250 women who came to the Yarra Valley and Dandenong Ranges for the Yarra Ranges…
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Slow burn on controlled burns
By KATH GANNAWAY A WARBURTON woman is urging Upper Yarra residents to have a say on planned burning targets. The issue was one of many…
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Wasps plague hits shire
By KATH GANNAWAY AS Yarra Ranges residents dodge and swipe their way through what is reportedly the worst European wasp season in 20 years, Yarra…
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Welcome for farming women
By KATH GANNAWAY
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CFA art project
Community diary LE Boatwood and Alistair Whyte (centre back) are among local artists taking up Warburton CFA’s challenge to turn fire-fighting equipment into a work…
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Sustainable festival gathers support
By PETER DOUGLAS THERE aren’t many events that lure 2000 people and only require one rubbish bin to clean up. Ecotopia is one of them.…
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