Tag: News
Street jumper’s cute
By JODIE SYMONDS
TAKING street art to a new level, Healesville’s main street has been brightened up with yarn bombing.
Designers Kay Trembath and Alison Boyd...
Protest KNOT for trees
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
BRIGHT and bold was the statement made by the Knitting Nannas of Toolangi (KNOT) as they struck a stance against deforestation earlier...
Wiping out wine bug
By JESSE GRAHAM
A RECENTLY announced research project will put a wine bug in its crosshairs, with hundreds of thousands of dollars being spent to...
Parks pledge
By JESSE GRAHAM
A NEW national park covering the Toolangi region has not been ruled out of Labor’s table for the coming State Election.
However, Eildon...
Students are a cut above
By JESSE GRAHAM
STUDENTS will be taking to the stage next month as part of Healesville High School’s new production of Hairspray, and are pulling...
Scam inheritance
By JESSE GRAHAM
IT’S not every day that you receive a letter saying you’re the recipient of $10 million dollars.
It’s even less often that such...
Bird’s ring of death
By JESSE GRAHAM
HEALESVILLE Sanctuary staff are calling for people to be wary of their rubbish, after a bowerbird was found choking on a milk...
Pay cut claims, counterclaims
By KATH GANNAWAY
EASTERN Health CEO Alan Lilly has rejected claims that clinicians at the Yarra Valley Community Medical Service (GP Clinic) have been asked...
Ball’s in your court
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
THE Upper Yarra Basketball Association (UYBA) is sending a clear message to the sporting community - the ball is in your court...
History up for grabs
By KATH GANNAWAY
HEALESVILLE’S Mechanics Institute building has an interesting and well-documented history.
The question now is what does the future hold for the building that,...
Narconon hearing
By KATH GANNAWAY
THE VCAT process with Narconon appealing against Yarra Rances Council’s decision to refuse a planning application has begun with a ‘practice hearing’...
Passing of nature lover
By KATH GANNAWAY
DON Valley naturalist Ken Simpson has died, in his 76th year.
Mr Simpson was a respected bird expert who co-authored Australia’s most popular...
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New tax hits farmers hardest
In 2014, Victorian Labor promised no new taxes.
After 10 years in power, with net debt growing by $59.6 million per day, forecast to...
