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Caring kinds make perfect match
Animal Aid By Debra Boland THIS is my last contribution for the year and on behalf of Animal Aid I would like to take the…
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Legal services funds pledge
By JESSE GRAHAM A FREE legal service for people in the Yarra Valley may have to dial back services to needy areas unless cut funding…
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Rockin’ on a roll
By KATH GANNAWAY HEALESVILLE Music Festival is on a roll. The high-energy, progressive feast of music, storytelling and dance that started on Friday night at…
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School’s future secured
By JESSE GRAHAM THE future of Yarra Junction Primary School has been secured regardless of who wins government next weekend, after the Coalition matched Labor’s…
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Young writer’s colour piece takes the prize
By JESSE GRAHAM A HEALESVILLE student will receive a national award for her writing later this month after penning a piece on rainbows at her…
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Calm heads keep a love that lasts
By JESSE GRAHAM WHEN IT comes to making a marriage last, Kevin and Patricia Poulter have a simple piece of advice – never go to…
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Brewery’s last shout
By JESSE GRAHAM HEALESVILLE’S White Rabbit Brewery will be closed next year and relocated to Geelong, with the head company handing down its decision this…
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The faithful honour the fallen
By JESSE GRAHAM AT the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, 100 people in Healesville stopped to remember. The group gathered…
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Big birthday bash
By JESSE GRAHAM AND KATH GANNAWAY Town’s milestone marked in style… OVER a year of planning and discussions culminated over the weekend when the entirety…
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Numbers down, but spirits up
By JESSE GRAHAM IT WAS a day of thrills and not too many spills at Yarra Glen last week, when thousands of people flocked to…
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U-turn ahead of elections
By JESSE GRAHAM PRESUMPTIVE legislation to assist cancer-affected firefighters may be one step closer, after the Coalition last week announced its support – if it…
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Housing woes focus
By KATH GANNAWAY LIBERAL, Labor and Greens candidates took on the ‘unsexy’ issue of homelessness and housing affordability in a pre-election candidates’ forum at Montrose…