Tag: News
Dingo day for puppy love
By JESSE GRAHAM
HEALESVILLE Sanctuary has two new boisterous residents in the form of tropical dingo puppies and the public is being asked to choose...
Record result for Black Saturday survivors
By KATH GANNAWAY
SURVIVORS of the 2009 Black Saturday bushfires are part of a $495 million class action settlement announced today.
The settlement relates to the...
Final days of Ben Hall
By KATH GANNAWAY
WARBURTON filmmaker Matthew Holmes will make The Legend of Ben Hall - an Australian Bushranger film.
Holmes raised $78,241 with a Kickstarter funding...
Pregnant woman airlifted after crash
By JESSE GRAHAM
OVERTAKING on a winding, wet road is believed to be the cause of a crash last week in Chum Creek that resulted...
Start from the heart
By JESSE GRAHAM
TOOLANGI residents will have access to potentially life-saving technology after the township received two defibrillators last week.
Two automated external defibrillators (AEDs) arrived...
Dogged by winter chills
By JODIE SYMONDS
A SEVILLE resident has been helping Animal Aid dogs fight the winter chill.
Jess Johnstone has knitted jumpers and collected blankets to keep...
State steps in on Swinburne
By JESSE GRAHAM
THE GOVERNMENT will be stepping in to help find a future for Lilydale’s former Swinburne site, after a callout for a new...
Straight out for hospital
THE Save Healesville Hospital Action Group (SHHAG) will set the record straight at a meeting this week to update the community on its campaign.
The...
Protesters’ bare cheek
By JESSE GRAHAM
PASSIONATE protestors braved a cold morning in the Toolangi State Forest last week and wore naught but masks as part of a...
Bank bows out
By KATH GANNAWAY
ANZ customers gathered on Friday for a reluctant, and at times teary, farewell to the staff who have been part of their...
This milestone is growing
By KATH GANNAWAY
HEALESVILLE Environment Watch Inc (HEWI) marked a growing milestone on 20 June, celebrating 25 years of revegetation work on Healesville waterways.
The...
Countdown to roll off
By KATH GANNAWAY
WARBURTON skaters are counting the days to when they will be rolling on their own skatepark.
Work begun on the long-awaited skate park...