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New year resolution
By JESSE GRAHAM
Town determined to battle on to beat vandals...
THE hunt is on for vandals who welcomed in the new year by hacking branches...
Crowds take a spin for Cup
A FORMER champion had hopes for a consecutive win dashed as intense racing action hit the track at Healesville last weekend.
About 3500 people attended...
Fluid settles
By Jesse Graham
A $28,000 dispute between a Healesville businessman and council has been shot down by VCAT, with a year-long matter settled for the...
Above and beyond the call
By KATH GANNAWAY
YOU don’t know what you’ve got ‘til it’s gone, could be said of Warburton post master Norman Orr.
Norm and wife Kerry retired...
Outside her comfort zone
By KATH GANNAWAY
HEALESVILLE university student Anne-Marie Reddan is truly an inspiration.
The 19-year-old who went to school in Marysville, Healesville and Mount Evelyn, has...
Cicadas on song
By KATH GANNAWAY
COMMUNITY Carols By Candlelight at Healesville Sanctuary had all the hallmarks of a real Aussie Christmas including cicadas chirping along to Jingle...
Paramedics in tricky double rescues
By KATH GANNAWAY
AN INJURED mountain bike rider was being taken out of bush in a stretcher in Warburton on Saturday 14 December, when emergency...
Mental help on the line
By KATH GANNAWAY
BEYONDBLUE is urging people having a tough time over the festive season to contact the beyondblue support service.
Christmas is a time of...
Space to sit and reflect
By JESSE GRAHAM
HEALESVILLE’S Black Saturday memorial bench has been installed and is available for public use as the fifth anniversary of the fires draws...
Couple ’burnt’
By JESSE GRAHAM
THE mayor has demanded a full investigation into claims that personal belongings were stolen and burnt during a court ordered demolition.
The...
Brigage rolls out honours
By KATH GANNAWAY
TWO of Wesburn-Millgrove’s Fire Brigade’s longest-service members were among volunteers honoured at the brigade’s awards dinner on 16 November.
In a night that...
Bush buffer ripped apart
By KATH GANNAWAY
A YARRA Junction man who says a vegetation buffer zone protected under a VCAT order has been illegally trashed, is calling on...
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12 month dry spell sees Yarra Ranges grapple with a horse...
RSPCA Victoria reported a surge of 800 horse-related animal cruelty reports as some owners failed to provide enough food amid an unusually dry 12...
