Tag: News
Solstice feast in the vines
By JESSE GRAHAM
A MOVEABLE feast will be available over the weekend as the Yarra Valley Smaller Wineries’ Shortest Lunch events begin on Saturday with...
Eaten out of home
By MELISSA MEEHAN
FOR 10 years, sulphur-crested cockatoos have been gnawing at her house.
But that’s not the only gnawing Yarra Ranges resident Kate Gustke experiences.
It’s...
Chipping in for suspended coffees
THE suspended coffee movement has arrived in Healesville offering people the chance to shout a stranger a coffee or a chai!
The concept of suspended...
United for a lost friend
By JESSE GRAHAM
PERFORMERS from the Yarra Valley have banded together to raise money for the legacy of a lost friend, uniting people and donating...
Hi-tech solution
STUDENTS at Wandin Yallock Primary School will be using new technology to create presentations about positive relationships, tolerance and acceptance for one another. They...
Film festival marks 30 years
By KATH GANNAWAY
IT TOOK just three years for the Warburton Film Society to move from a fledgling group of film-buffs running a monthly film...
Possum task force
By KATH GANNAWAY
ZOOS Victoria and the Victorian Association of Forest industries have been charged with pulling together an advisory group to look at the...
Traffic cops attacked
TWO police officers were assaulted in Wesburn last week over a speeding fine.
The Yarra Ranges Highway Patrol officers stopped a Holden ute about 1.15pm...
Mail journalists top their fields
MAIL journalists were judged as some of the best in their fields on Friday night at the Community Newspaper Association awards.
Community newspapers from...
We’re here for the long haul
By EDITOR MELISSA MEEHAN
It’s always sad to hear when a newspaper cuts staff or closes down all together.
Even in our fiercest competitors do we...
Probus celebrates milestone
By MARA PATTISON-SOWDEN
UPPER Yarra Ladies’ Probus Club has celebrated its 20-year anniversary with a party in Seville.
The 55-strong group of ladies, including 10 past...
Noel shares ancient art of billy carts
By MARA PATTISON-SOWDEN
WITH A fleet of billy carts in the making, students at Gladysdale Primary School are choosing their racing colours.
It’s all been a...
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Double take: record number of twins start at Mount Lilydale
Seeing double at Mount Lilydale Mercy College will be a common occurrence for the next six years with the largest cohort of twins to...
