Tag: News
Double click doggie
By JESSE GRAHAM
WHEN Sally Trewin’s dog Bella ran away in Launching Place last year she thought the pet was gone for good.
However, an unknown...
Aquatic report in pipeline
By JESSE GRAHAM
A STUDY on a multi-million dollar aquatics centre in the valley has yet to surface, despite expectations it would go before council...
Unbroken commitment
By JESSE GRAHAM
DECADES of community service were celebrated at a special event recently, as the Yarra Glen CFA marked its 75th birthday.
On Saturday 26...
Fresh blood for CFA
By JESSE GRAHAM
FIRE brigades around the Healesville area are calling out for new members to come on board for the next fire season and...
Wild weather hits power
By JESSE GRAHAM
POWERLINES came down across the valley last week, as wild weather tore through towns and twisted lines off their poles.
Badger Creek CFA...
Sleeping rough
By MELISSA MEEHAN
IT’S been a long, cold winter.
But despite the weather, former councillor and Mount Evelyn resident Tim Heenan is again sleeping rough...
Stealing from CFA
Briefly
HEARTLESS thieves are to blame after a pump and hoses were stolen from the Millgrove CFA.
Detective Sergeant John Bergin said the shipping container...
Red Cross notches 100
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
RED Cross Society’s Lilydale branch will be celebrating a centenary of service on Wednesday 13 August.
The eastern branch is one of Australia’s...
Gift of beanies
By CAITLIN MCARTHUR
ANGLICARE Lilydale has begun distributing hand-knitted beanies as part of their emergency relief parcels, following a generous donation
by a Ferntree Gully...
Rainbow’s pot of gold
By KATH GANNAWAY
TWO years into a project that will bring children and animals together to help each other heal Gillian’s Rainbow Bridge has found...
Roadkill figures revealed
THE Yarra Ranges has been revealed as Melbourne’s worst area for collisions with animals.
RACV Insurance claims data for 2013 shows that roads in...
Barking up the wrong tree
POLICE have quashed rumours that a dog stealing ring has returned to the Upper Yarra.
The Mail was contacted by a concerned resident on Wednesday,...
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First machete ban in Australia passes parliament
The Allan Labor Government has implemented Australia’s first machete ban with the Terrorism (Community Protection) and Control of Weapons Amendment Bill 2025 passing Parliament...
