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Crime stats on the rise
By PETER DOUGLAS FAMILY violence and drug-related crimes continue to be a major concern in the Yarra Ranges, with statistics showing a rise in offences.…
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Was it murder?
By JESSE GRAHAM AND KATH GANNAWAY A HIKER who disappeared seven years ago near Healesville may have met with foul play, according to new information…
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Pedestrian hit by car dies
A LILYDALE man has died in hospital after he was hit by a car in Coldstream earlier this month. Police believe the 54-year-old Lilydale man…
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Hoons put on notice
By JESSE GRAHAM HEALESVILLE police have called on the public to dob in hoon drivers, after an unknown driver left tyre marks all over the…
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Anxious wait for Mayor after cyclone
By PETER DOUGLAS YARRA Ranges mayor Maria McCarthy is still awaiting news on whether her close friends in Vanuatu have survived Cyclone Pam. Cr McCarthy…
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ECLC back in the black
By JESSE GRAHAM HEALESVILLE’S Eastern Community Legal Centre (ECLC) was given a life-saving birthday present last week, with cut federal funds re-instated to stave off…
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Overlay is now underway
By JESSE GRAHAM A HERITAGE Overlay proposal was passed by Yarra Ranges councillors last week, despite concerns from one councillor that the process was unfair…
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Eli farewelled
By KATHRYN BERMINGHAM and KATH GANNAWAY FITTINGLY, the family of Eli Marnock lit sparklers at his funeral on Saturday to remember the little boy who…
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Irish theme at races
By KATHRYN BERMINGHAM THE summer racing season finished in style over the weekend with the Hirsch Memorial Yarra Valley Cup. Irish was the theme of…
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Make an Anzac connection
By KATH GANNAWAY THERE are commemorations, and there are memorials. Then there are connections. It was connections that Chair of the Victorian Anzac Centenary Committee,…
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Cash flows in
By JESSE GRAHAM SIX members of the Toolangi Fire Brigade went under the razor over the weekend to raise thousands for cancer sufferers. Adrian Lewis,…
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Storms clean-up help sought
By PETER DOUGLAS AFTER the severe storms that hit the region on 28 February, Yarra Ranges has applied for National Disaster funding to help speed…
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