Tag: News
Thyme is right for Timorese
By MARA PATTISON-SOWDEN
A UNIVERSITY project has developed into a passion to help East Timorese women who want to further their education.
Warburton resident Amy Stevenson...
Labor pushes NBN links
By MARA PATTISON-SOWDEN
THE UPPER Yarra will soon have faster speed internet connections after Woori Yallock and Warburton were named as two of the newest...
Who’s really pulling the strings?
By MARA PATTISON-SOWDEN
CHUCK Wood, the charming and witty 12-year-old puppet, is out to take over his master’s mind with plans of puppet mutiny.
The posters...
Mums network for business
By JESSE GRAHAM
MUMS who want to learn essential skills to run their own businesses now have a supportive, positive environment to learn in with...
Hearty harvest
By MARA PATTISON-SOWDEN
GLADYSDALE Primary School celebrated the harvest season with its annual Apple and Wine Festival on Sunday 5 May.
It was a chilly day...
Fireguards earn reward
By KATH GANNAWAY
MT RAEL Community Fireguard Group has been recognised by the CFA for an outstanding commitment to community fire safety.
The Mt Rael CFG...
Big skate day sizzles
FOOD, music, skate ramps and fun were the order of the day for a recent skating event in Warburton.
Many young people went down to...
Fire tale a legacy in the telling
By KATH GANNAWAY
FOR historian and author Dr Peter Stanley writing living history has weighed heavily.
His book Black Saturday at Steels Creek will be launched...
Pokie appeal before tribunal
By KATH GANNAWAY
THE VCAT hearing to determine whether Healesville will have a further injection of electronic gaming machines will continue on 22 May.
Pink Hill...
Miner leads search for metals
By MARA PATTISON-SOWDEN
A MINING company has lodged an application to search for gold and antimony in Steels Creek.
Australasian Antimony Mines is seeking to explore...
Scheme offers fresh hope
By KATH GANNAWAY
POLITICS aside, the beneficiaries of bi-partisan support for a national disability insurance scheme, and a levy to help fund it, are people...
Fire break
By KATH GANNAWAY
THE State Government will remove the ‘tax on tax’ component of the new Fire Services Property Levy (FSPL) which comes into effect...