Tag: News
The difference a day makes
YEAR nine students from Healesville High School took centre stage at the Making a Difference Youth Forum held at Swinburne University lecture hall on...
Exhibition has spirit of sharing
WORAWA Aboriginal College’s end of year art exhibition Sharing Our Spirit will feature works by Worawa students and artists from from Milingimbi in Arnham...
Driver saved from burning car
By EMMA SUNA MILLGROVE man’s life has been saved after a passing motorist pulled him from his flipped car moments before it burst into...
Victory claimed
BOTH sides of the logging abyss are claiming victory from two recent motions by Murrindindi Council which give qualified support of the logging industry.
The...
It’s a wash-out
By KATH GANNAWAYTHERE were tears of joy and relief last week as residents of Healesville’s East End learnt there would be no car wash...
CFA attention
By MARA PATTISON-SOWDENRED tape, flood plains, funding…Warburton CFA has struggled to get a new station for 15 years.
That dream was finally realised on Sunday...
Ratepayers face levy slug
By CASEY NEILLCOUNCILS say the administrative burden of collecting the new fire services levy may be passed on to ratepayers.
The State Government says the...
Broken boardwalk
By MARA PATTISON-SOWDENA WARBURTON boardwalk is still sitting broken on the side of the Yarra River after more than two years, because of constant...
They’re cleaning up
By KATH GANNAWAYTHE owners of French’s Laundry have thanked the Healesville business and wider community for the support shown since the blaze which destroyed...
Bikes go fast
By MARA PATTISON-SOWDENA DIRT bike worth $7000 is still missing after goods totaling more than $20,000 were stolen from properties in East Warburton and...
Dog attacks fears
By MARA PATTISON-SOWDENA WOORI Yallock mother fears for the safety of her children and the community after being told a dog that tore through...
Health project winds up
THE Yarra Valley Practitioners Project has announced it will close on Friday, 24 August.
The YVPP was established after the 2009 bushfires with practitioners volunteering...