Tag: News
Forum touts 150 ideas
By KATH GANNAWAY
PARTY hats, party food and an unlimited supply of Post-it notes set the tone for a community meeting on Thursday night to...
Prize online advice
By JESSE GRAHAM
A HEALESVILLE High School student has been awarded with a new iPad after winning a Department of Education anti-bulling competition online.
Megan Deuchar,...
New lease of life
By KATH GANNAWAY
VOLUNTEERS at one of the oldest and most productive op-shops in the Yarra Valley are celebrating a major transformation.
The Yarra Junction op-shop...
Scouts look to leaders
By JESSE GRAHAM
FIRST Healesville Scout Group rewarded its top performers and set its eyes to the future at the Annual Recognition and Awards Presentation...
Park plan to save possum
By JESSE GRAHAM
THE LEADBEATER’S possum could face extinction if logging is not scaled back, according to a leading expert, who has also called for...
Liberals shovel in cash
By KATH GANNAWAY
ALMOST half a million dollars will flow into Upper Yarra if a Tony Abbott-led Coalition government is elected on 7 September.
Casey Liberal...
Top dozen earn awards
By KATH GANNAWAY
MEMBERS of Upper Yarra SES have been awarded the National Emergency Medal for the role they played during and after the Black...
Housing woes sidelined
By KATH GANNAWAY
HOMELESSNESS and housing affordability are not issues for voting Australians if Vote Compass, and the lack of political discussion around it is...
Sporting carrot on table
By JESSE GRAHAM
SPORT facilities and environmental sites in the Yarra Valley are set to be revitalised if the Coalition is elected in September.
Member...
Silage sinks in
By JESSE GRAHAM
FARMERS and service providers came out to Yarra Glen last week to learn about hay and silage, with an expert presentation at...
Spring bargains curtailed
By KATH GANNAWAY
THE first two weeks in September could be the last opportunity to grab a bargain from Benwerren Boutique in Yarra Junction ......
Blaze tragedy memorial
By JESSE GRAHAM
A BLACK SATURDAY memorial bench is to be built in Healesville to honour the memory of those who died in the tragedy...