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Short time for a good time
By BESS ZEWDIE
ON Saturday 21 June, the Healesville community will come together to observe the shortest day of the calendar year, the winter solstice.
‘Midwinter...
Hospital revamp input sought
RESIDENTS are being asked to have their say on the multi-million dollar redevelopment of the Healesville and District Hospital as part of a new...
Royal salute to drivers
By JESSE GRAHAM
DRINK drivers were in the cross hairs as part of the Yarra Ranges Highway Patrol’s Operation Regal, but police said drivers were...
Backlash after email slip
By JESSE GRAHAM
SEYMOUR MP Cindy McLeish has come under fire after accidentally forwarding an email from a community group, alleging that the group is...
Dip in tip hours
By KATH GANNAWAY
WESBURN Waste Transfer Station (tip) will have its opening times reduced to four days a week as from February next year.
The reduction...
Trail link underway
By JESSE GRAHAM
THE Warburton Trail will be extended by 10 kilometres in the next two years, completing the track’s link into Melbourne and the...
Best shorts bag awards
By KATH GANNAWAY
THE Warburton Film Festival over the weekend more than lived up to its sub-title “... a wonderland of films”.
Starting on Friday with...
ANZ bank fight to continue
By JESSE GRAHAM
“WE’RE not going to let it rest here.”
Angry Healesville residents and business owners gathered for a special meeting last Tuesday, to...
You’re dumped!
By JESSE GRAHAM
HEALESVILLE’S tip is set to close, despite not a single resident writing to the council to support the closure, and campaigners saying...
Punch drunk over plan
By KATH GANNAWAY
OPPONENTS to Woolworth’s bid to sell liquor from its new Seville supermarket have said they were left stunned by the decision, and...
Ion’s soft heart
By JESSE GRAHAM
FOR ION Whykes, serving the community is second nature.
The 79-year-old was the first president of the Rotary Club of Healesville, a former...
Independent’s election bid
By JESSE GRAHAM
A HEALESVILLE businessman and philanthropist has thrown his hat into the ring for the November election, announcing as an independent candidate.
The Mail...
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Your Library staff out of uniforms
Library staff members across Yarra Ranges took off their uniforms and wore casual clothes to support a cause for homeless people on Friday 9...
