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Pay up say anti-loggers
By JESSE GRAHAM
ANTI-LOGGERS are demanding more than $60 million from VicForests as unpaid dividends for logging forests, although the timber company said its payments...
Cash splash for bowls green
By JESSE GRAHAM
A $100,000 funding kick-start will see Healesville Bowling Club breathing new life into an old green, with players ecstatic about redevelopment at...
Help yourselves
By KATH GANNAWAY
UPPER Yarra residents need to plan for their own survival in a bushfire.
That is the unfaltering message being driven home by the...
Down memory lane
By JESSE GRAHAM
A CELEBRATION of Marysville through the ages hit the Community Centre on Saturday night, as those with links to the town dressed...
Relay lives on
By KATH GANNAWAY
TEN years on from the first Yarra Ranges Relay for Life, hundreds of people came together on the weekend for the anniversary...
Thousands of reasons to remember
By KATH GANNAWAY and JESSE GRAHAM
COMMUNITIES around the Yarra Valley commemorated Remembrance Day on Monday attending local cenotaphs at 11am to remember those who...
Jet ski rider injured in crash
By KATH GANNAWAY
A JET SKI crash in which a Woori Yallock man was seriously injured has sparked a warning from water police for jet...
Food for the soul helps out
By JESSE GRAHAM
HOT meals and warm smiles were just a few of the features on offer at last week’s Dinner at Darron’s event, which...
Storyteller recruits turn page
By KATH GANNAWAY
IF IT’S time to turn over a new leaf, or learn a new skill, becoming a 'Bookaburra' storyteller could be a rewarding...
Fears over dog stalkers
By KATH GANNAWAY
WHAT do these tags mean?
Despite continuing assurances from police and animal shelters, dog-owners in Yarra Ranges are fearful that dog stealing is...
Trailblazing link across wetlands
By JESSE GRAHAM
TRAVERSING Yarra Glen has become easier for residents and visitors, with the recent re-surfacing of a path between the town centre and...
Hall bursts out with colour
VISITORS to the Seville Hall on 19 and 20 October discovered a sensory extravaganza with hundreds of orchids filling the hall with colour and...
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Echidnas dive into hot weather
A reminder to put water out for wildlife during the extreme heat wave Victoria is currently experiencing.
Humans can retreat to the air con...
