News
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Course fee loans mooted
By KATH GANNAWAY UPPER Yarra Community House has called on the Upper Yarra’s community banking sector to help keep education accessible to local students. Faced…
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Polo for all ages
By KATH GANNAWAY THE fourth annual Flowerfield Cup held at Coldstream over the weekend proved that polo in Australia is a sport that has no…
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Tastes of the Yarra Valley
By MELISSA MEEHAN NINE of Malaysia’s top chefs had a taste of the Yarra Valley yesterday as they visited Victoria as part of an effort…
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Police target holiday toll
DRIVERS in the Yarra Ranges are warned to stay safe on the roads this weekend, with a new police operation targeting lawbreakers starting tomorrow. Operation…
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School’s super thankful for CFA
By KATH GANNAWAY MILLWARRA Primary School said ‘thanks’ to their local superheroes last week with some hamper-pampering. Students at the Millgrove and East Warburton campuses…
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Voice Mob pierces hills
By KATH GANNAWAY HEALESVILLE singing group leaders Leah Marlow and Catherine Nolan were among more than 100 singers and dancers who ‘flash mobbed’ the Healesville…
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Dip in crime
By JESSE GRAHAM WHILE crime rates are rising across the state, the Yarra Ranges saw total crime drop in the past year, despite rising domestic…
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Wee hours Fluid
By JESSE GRAHAM A TWO-year dispute between Yarra Ranges Council and a Healesville businessman has ended, with the council acknowledging past faults and approving an…
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Touching farewell to Chloe
By KATH GANNAWAY CHLOE Blackney’s family were beside her every step of the way as she was farewelled last week with beautiful tributes, tears and…
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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…
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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.…
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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…