Tag: News
Cuppa and chat against cancer
PLENTY of tea and many sneaky biscuits have been consumed over the past month across the Upper Yarra to help beat cancer.
A Biggest Morning...
Shooting probe
By KATH GANNAWAY
KINGLAKE police are looking for help from the public to identify two men photographed in the Toolangi State Forest on Wednesday 8...
Patience for P-plate drivers
By KATH GANNAWAY
AS A mother of three teenage boys Lisa Kerr has not so much signed up as buckled up for a six-year stint...
Life saving brew
By KATH GANNAWAY
MOUNT EVELYN couple Bruce and Janette Watkinson know what it means when Cancer Council Victoria talks about life-saving research.
The former Healesville Primary...
Patchwork for autumn colours
THE beautiful Wallace Gardens in Coldstream will provide a magnificent autumn backdrop for the Patchwork Collections Friendship Group annual quilt show this weekend.
The group...
They’re on a mission from God
By MARA PATTISON-SOWDEN
THE Yarra Ranges receives its fair share of motorcycle tourists, but this month the visitors on two wheels are on a mission...
Burn-off shortfall
By MARA PATTISON-SOWDEN
THE Yarra Valley and Dandenong Ranges has been part of a coalition government milestone with more than 200,000 hectares of planned burning...
Son slams adoption law
By MARA PATTISON-SOWDEN
A WARBURTON man who didn’t find out the truth about his forced adoption until recently says a new law fining mothers if...
Independent holds logging key
By KATH GANNAWAY
A BILL that proposes major changes to logging of native forests could rest in the hands of Independent Frankston MP Geoff Shaw...
Steel Creek’s blackened history
By KATH GANNAWAY
READING Dr Peter Stanley’s Black Saturday at Steels Creek was tough! Lots of tears shed.
I had the privilege of launching the book...
Defining moments
By KATH GANNAWAY
Black Saturday book captures essence of community
STEELS Creek Community Centre was packed on Saturday 11 May for the launch of a book...
Council cliffhanger on planning permit
By MARA PATTISON-SOWDEN
A PLANNING permit to re-subdivide five lots in Yarra Junction down to three could be revoked if one councillor gets his way...
Latest
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...
