Tag: News
Fun days these holidays
By KATH GANNAWAY
SCHOOL holidays have been great fun ... and hard work for the cast and crew of Misfit Theatre, and just...
Truck crash tragedy (Woman, horses killed in collision on ’the slide’)
By MARA PATTISON-SOWDEN
A SECTION of the Melba Highway remained closed for much of yesterday (Monday), after a woman died after a collision involving a...
Foothold on footpath
By MARA PATTISON-SOWDEN
YARRA Ranges Council has announced the start date and further funding for the construction of a footpath to give safe access between...
Commission goes extra mile
By KATH GANNAWAY
THE chair of the Royal Commission investigating child sexual abuse which opened last week in Melbourne has indicated that the commission will...
Hospital hopes
By KATH GANNAWAY
LIMITED surgery, provision for a birthing suite in the future, and plans for renal dialysis at Healesville Hospital have been incorporated into...
Young broadcasters look to the future
By MARA PATTISON-SOWDEN
A BAND of Australia’s most promising youth leaders converged on Healesville to plan the future of media in the country.
Staff and volunteers...
Celebrating the Grace Burn
HEALESVILLE’s Grace Burn will come alive on 27 April as the community celebrates its significance to the town and surrounding areas.
Waterwatch co-ordinator Julie Meseha...
Police probe crash
DETECTIVES from the Major Collision Investigation Unit are still at the scene of a fatal collision that occurred in Dixons Creek last night (Sunday).
It...
Man killed in boat crash
By MARA PATTISON-SOWDEN
YARRA Junction man Barry Long died after a boat overturned in Mallacoota on Monday morning.
The 67-year-old was on the boat with two...
Skaters roll in
By Mara Pattison-Sowden
YARRA Valley skaters will be part of the East Vic Roller Derby league’s first home game.
Roller Derby is a flat track, roller...
Big name on the big screen
By KATH GANNAWAY
HEALESVILLE teenager Michael Hardinge appreciates the power of the big screen.
On Saturday 1 June when the credits roll after the premier screening...
Holy Cadillacs, Batman
By KATH GANNAWAY
FROM chrome-bejewelled Cadillacs to battle-scared old work-horses and the crowd-pleasing Batmobile, the 7th Mountain District Car and Bike Show held at Healesville...