Tag: News
Good grades
By KATH GANNWAY
Labor pledges $2 million school upgrade if elected...
YARRA Junction Primary School will get its $2 million upgrade if a Labor government is...
Rego fines rise
By JESSE GRAHAM
POLICE have warned drivers to be wary of unregistered driving, with fines rising earlier this month and potential impacts on TAC claims.
As...
Authority on Oz birds
1938 - 2014
A GOLDEN whistler seen at a railway station when he was a schoolboy first drew Ken Simpson’s attention to the beauty of...
Senior’s horror car crash
By KATH GANNWAY
AN 81-YEAR-OLD Yarra Glen woman has survived an astounding crash on the Yarra Glen-Healesville Road at Tarrawarra around 3.45pm on Friday.
The woman...
Steps rise to great heights
By KATH GANNAWAY
THE Great Steps of Warburton mosaic project is on the rise.
The 125 mosaic panels created over the past four months by community...
Panda pinched, owner in pain
By KATH GANNWAY
THE owner of a distinctive four-month-old lamb stolen from Yarra Junction on 13 July is calling on the thieves to return him.
The...
Students speak up for oratory skills
By JESSE GRAHAM
STUDENTS from around the valley will converge at Healesville High School next week to put their vocal cords to the test in...
Down memory lane
By JESSE GRAHAM
HEALESVILLE and District Historical Society has celebrated three decades of record keeping, hosting a public talk and reflecting on time gone by.
On...
Multiple charges after car chase
By JESSE GRAHAM
A POLICE chase through Coldstream last week has left a Healesville man minus his car and facing numerous charges for traffic offences...
Crossings set to close
By JESSE GRAHAM
UNDER-USED school crossings face the chop under a Yarra Ranges Council review announced last week.
However councillors said at their 22 July meeting...
Writers’ festival expands to hills
By JESSE GRAHAM
AUTHORS will be flocking to the Yarra Ranges next autumn, when a Dandenong Ranges writing festival comes down from the hills and...
Clay enters fray
By JESSE GRAHAM
Fight against Heritage Overlay to demolish dilapidated building...
A HEALESVILLE man will take his fight against an impending Heritage Overlay to a panel...
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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...
