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Historic land protected

By JESSE GRAHAM YARRA Ranges Council is set to sell historic land in Yarra Glen’s main street, but cautious councilors said protecting the town from...

Sex offender pleads guilty

By KATH GANNAWAY FORMER Healesville priest Paul Pavlou has pleaded guilty to four charges related to breaches of conditions imposed under the sex offenders' registry. The...

Head shave to remember Pop

By KATH GANNAWAY YARRA Junction teenager Emily Barrand will shave her head in memory of her much-loved and very much missed grandfather. Emily’s ‘Pop’, Terry Jackson,...

Lost day for lots of locks

By JESSE GRAHAM LOCKS will be lost next weekend as the World’s Greatest Shave comes around again, and a Healesville campaign is aiming to raise...

Bikes on track

By KATH GANNAWAY New project highlights 35 kilometre ride... SUPPORTERS of a world-class Mountain Bike Park for Warburton say it could reap benefits that would include...

Crime down but family violence a worry

By JESSE GRAHAM CRIME rates have fallen across the Yarra Ranges in the past year, though family violence continues to be an issue, with rates...

One top stop

By KATH GANNAWAY GIVEAWAY: THE Mail & Cog Cafe in Warburton is giving away a full-day bike hire for two people to celebrate Cog’s being voted...

Healthy signs

By KATH GANNAWAY EASTERN Health has been recognised for excellence in staff development, service delivery and risk management in the 2014 Leadership in the Public...

Hay bales sent to help

By JESSE GRAHAM GENEROUS Healesvillians have dug deep and donated hundreds of hay bales to farmers in need, following a fire disaster that struck the...

Fun run all the way

By KATH GANNAWAY WITH a cast of around 700 runners, improvements to the running track and the introduction of the first half marathon event and...

VicForests says it will clean up its act

By JESSE GRAHAM VICFORESTS has come under fire from a local environmental group for non-compliance in recent audits, but the timber industry said it is...

Best of friends

By KATH GANNAWAY Eleven-year-old Chloe Blackney and 50-year-old Gary Theobald shared so much that was dear to them. Friendship and family were the things that brought...

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Exercise Trailblazer: Emergency services train up for Warburton Mountain Bike Destination...

Multiple emergency service agencies gathered at Wesburn Park on Thursday 8 May for a large-scale multi-agency training exercise designed specifically for the inevitable increase...