Tag: News
United for a lost friend
By JESSE GRAHAM
PERFORMERS from the Yarra Valley have banded together to raise money for the legacy of a lost friend, uniting people and donating...
Hi-tech solution
STUDENTS at Wandin Yallock Primary School will be using new technology to create presentations about positive relationships, tolerance and acceptance for one another. They...
Film festival marks 30 years
By KATH GANNAWAY
IT TOOK just three years for the Warburton Film Society to move from a fledgling group of film-buffs running a monthly film...
Possum task force
By KATH GANNAWAY
ZOOS Victoria and the Victorian Association of Forest industries have been charged with pulling together an advisory group to look at the...
Traffic cops attacked
TWO police officers were assaulted in Wesburn last week over a speeding fine.
The Yarra Ranges Highway Patrol officers stopped a Holden ute about 1.15pm...
Mail journalists top their fields
MAIL journalists were judged as some of the best in their fields on Friday night at the Community Newspaper Association awards.
Community newspapers from...
We’re here for the long haul
By EDITOR MELISSA MEEHAN
It’s always sad to hear when a newspaper cuts staff or closes down all together.
Even in our fiercest competitors do we...
Probus celebrates milestone
By MARA PATTISON-SOWDEN
UPPER Yarra Ladies’ Probus Club has celebrated its 20-year anniversary with a party in Seville.
The 55-strong group of ladies, including 10 past...
Noel shares ancient art of billy carts
By MARA PATTISON-SOWDEN
WITH A fleet of billy carts in the making, students at Gladysdale Primary School are choosing their racing colours.
It’s all been a...
Pool blow
By KATH GANNAWAY
A NEW indoor pool for Marysville is not a viable option according to Murrindindi Council and the State Government.
There were calls last...
Queen’s Birthday honour for Jennifer
By KATH GANNAWAY
THE opening of the new Narbethong Hall in November 2011 was an amazing feat for the Narbethong community and for Jennifer Wood.
“This...
Top women honoured
By KATH GANNAWAY
A DIXONS Creek veterinarian and a community leader from Narbethong are among the 582 remarkable Australians recognised in this year’s Queen’s Birthday...
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Near month-long Telstra landline outage frustrates disconnected Upper Yarra resident
An Upper Yarra resident has been left frustrated and annoyed following an outage to his landline service through Telstra.
Three Bridges resident Peter Dunn, responding...
