Tag: News
Telstra leaves business unplugged
AS BOTH major parties fight over the pros and cons of their broadband models in the lead-up to the October election, there’s one thing...
Rebuilding Coranderrk
THE story of Coranderrk Aboriginal Station and its people was honoured and celebrated at the inaugural Coranderrk Festival on Saturday, 16 March.
In a moving...
Guards unite
JIM Viggers was watching lightening strikes from his Yarra Track Winery on 25 February when he saw smoke from a strike in Bleases Lane...
Reconciliation through sport
WHEN Eastern Health’s Bram Morton called for ideas on how the organisation could better engage the Aboriginal community in their region, sport was top...
Sewerage project in the pipeline
IT WILL be smooth sailing soon for residents in Yarra Glen with the $8 million Coldstream to Yarra Glen sewerage project nearing completion.
Installation of...
Adam’s big break
HEALESVILLE’s top gun on the billiards table Adam Bleumink is heading overseas after making the finals of the Australian Junior Championships in Adelaide.
The eight-ball...
A bridge too far
RESIDENTS concerned about the public safety of Warburton’s Brisbane Hill Bridge have been assured that a major overhaul is due to begin in the...
Broadband cost savings
SHADOW Minister for Communications and Broadband Malcolm Turnbull rolled into the Yarra Valley last Thursday to provide a Liberal alternative view on the roll-out...
Put a name to the Facebook
HEALESVILLE’s Heather Pitt is looking for missing Healesville High School photos such as this 1980 year nine group for the 50th celebrations (see letter...
Backing for zones
THE Municipal Association of Victoria says the government’s release of proposed new residential planning zones will offer more certainty about how and where development...
D-I-V-O-R-C-E
DIVORCE is the only solution for Eastern Health and Healesville Hospital according to a surgeon who has been working at the hospital for more...
Left stranded
TWO American tourists were stranded last week at Yering Station after being told they’d be able to flag down a bus to get back...