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New to school for prep parade
By JESSE GRAHAM and KATH GANNAWAY
CHILDREN across the Yarra Valley walked through primary school gates for the first time as students last week joining...
Military milestone
By MELISSA MEEHAN
SIX months before the start of World War I, 3000 citizen soldiers arrived in Lilydale for combat training.
Now 100 years later,...
Crews keep eye out after fire
By KATH GANNAWAY
A FIRE that wiped out a logging coupe and machinery near Powelltown last week had fire crews on site and on stand-by...
Tatts cash waits on winner
THERE is a mystery TattsLotto winner on the loose in Lilydale following the weekend’s TattsLotto draw.
A TattsLotto player who purchased their ticket from Lilydale...
Heat of the day moves heats
HEALESVILLE’S Greyhound Club’s heat times for Sunday have been brought forward due to predicted soaring weekend temperatures.
The Healesville Greyhound Club’s Healesville Cup heat meeting...
Fire crews on watch after Powelltown blaze
By KATH GANNAWAY
FIRE crews will stay on the job to ensure containment lines around a 29-hectare fire in steep, rocky terrain eight kilometres south-east...
Out on a limb
By JESSE GRAHAM
DESTRUCTION may be a wind-gust away for a Healesville resident, who harbours fears of falling tree limbs on her home, but the...
Families fear pool closure
By JESSE GRAHAM
A NARBETHONG family has reacted with dismay to news that Healesville’s Jack Hort Memorial Pool’s days may be numbered.
David Vulfs contacted the...
A truly local symbol
HEALESVILLE residents are being asked to keep an eye out for a familiar picture this year, as 150th anniversary celebrations ramp up.
Local artist Paul...
Wine growers survive heat wave
By JESSE GRAHAM
WINE growers across the Yarra Valley escaped with grape crops mostly unscathed from January’s blistering heat wave, with good irrigation and vine...
Amazing Lily cares for others
By KATH GANNAWAY
WITH initiative, enthusiasm and compassion in bucket loads, Lily Belle Hellicar is a great ambassador for Yarra Ranges Youth.
The Millgrove teenager said...
Leading the way
By KATH GANNAWAY
Awards recognise heart of the community...
UPPER Yarra residents Norman Orr and Lily Bell Hellicar are among citizens from across the Yarra Ranges...
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Exhibition for interaction
Yering Station is hosting an exhibition to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the Yarra Valley sculptor’s death.
INTERACTION, an exhibition of artworks created by Ernst...
