News
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Murder hearing
ANDREW Klaussner, the man charged with murdering Elizabeth Barnes at Yarra Junction last year, has appeared briefly in Melbourne Magistrate’s Court. Mr Klaussner, 39, from…
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Water shops flooded
By KATH GANNAWAY TWO Warburton businesses which have had to shut up shop after being flooded out twice in one week are calling for urgent…
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Properties in limbo
By JESSE GRAHAM CHANGES to the controversial Bushfire Management Overlay (BMO) restrictions may not be seen in the first half of the year, rendering thousands…