News
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Teacher perishes in snow tragedy
By KATH GANNAWAY YARRA Junction teacher Martie Buckland is being remembered for his leadership and passion for teaching in the ‘outdoor classroom’. The worst fears…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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)…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…