Tag: News
Police target holiday toll
DRIVERS in the Yarra Ranges are warned to stay safe on the roads this weekend, with a new police operation targeting lawbreakers starting tomorrow.
Operation...
School’s super thankful for CFA
By KATH GANNAWAY
MILLWARRA Primary School said ‘thanks’ to their local superheroes last week with some hamper-pampering.
Students at the Millgrove and East Warburton campuses dressed...
Voice Mob pierces hills
By KATH GANNAWAY
HEALESVILLE singing group leaders Leah Marlow and Catherine Nolan were among more than 100 singers and dancers who ‘flash mobbed’ the Healesville...
Dip in crime
By JESSE GRAHAM
WHILE crime rates are rising across the state, the Yarra Ranges saw total crime drop in the past year, despite rising domestic...
Wee hours Fluid
By JESSE GRAHAM
A TWO-year dispute between Yarra Ranges Council and a Healesville businessman has ended, with the council acknowledging past faults and approving an...
Touching farewell to Chloe
By KATH GANNAWAY
CHLOE Blackney’s family were beside her every step of the way as she was farewelled last week with beautiful tributes, tears and...
Historic land protected
By JESSE GRAHAM
YARRA Ranges Council is set to sell historic land in Yarra Glen’s main street, but cautious councilors said protecting the town from...
Sex offender pleads guilty
By KATH GANNAWAY
FORMER Healesville priest Paul Pavlou has pleaded guilty to four charges related to breaches of conditions imposed under the sex offenders' registry.
The...
Head shave to remember Pop
By KATH GANNAWAY
YARRA Junction teenager Emily Barrand will shave her head in memory of her much-loved and very much missed grandfather.
Emily’s ‘Pop’, Terry Jackson,...
Lost day for lots of locks
By JESSE GRAHAM
LOCKS will be lost next weekend as the World’s Greatest Shave comes around again, and a Healesville campaign is aiming to raise...
Bikes on track
By KATH GANNAWAY
New project highlights 35 kilometre ride...
SUPPORTERS of a world-class Mountain Bike Park for Warburton say it could reap benefits that would include...
Crime down but family violence a worry
By JESSE GRAHAM
CRIME rates have fallen across the Yarra Ranges in the past year, though family violence continues to be an issue, with rates...