Tag: News
Shed home demolition
By JESSE GRAHAM
PRESSURE is building up for a family after a five-week deadline given by Yarra Ranges Council to complete their house before their...
Ellena reads all about it
By KATH GANNAWAY
ARGUABLY, it’s the things that Ellena Biggs has resisted putting in the Mail over the past two decades, that would make the...
Don’t dream it’s over
THE second week of the DRJFL finals series saw Emerald and Upwey-Tecoma clubs host the elimination first and second semi-finals on Sunday.
Ten of the...
Rates pay for dumping
By KATH GANNAWAY
YARRA Ranges residents have been spared another rise in tip fees, but are paying through their rates as the council picks up...
Out for the night
By JESSE GRAHAM
THE Badger Creek community came out in the hundreds to support students, staff and performers as the Badger Creek Primary School held...
Deal to save species
By KATH GANNAWAY
THIRTEEN existing land reserves in Yarra Ranges would be brought under one umbrella if recommendations submitted to the State Government last week...
Care home job losses
By KATH GANNAWAY
THE sale of AdventCare’s Yarra Junction aged-care facility has raised concern about local jobs losses.
Estia Health Residential Services, which operates 10 aged-care...
Last bands standing
By JESSE GRAHAM
HEALESVILLE will be the host the final preliminary round of the FreeZa Battle of the Bands this coming Thursday, with five bands...
Author’s autumn revival
By KATH GANNAWAY
LANDING in Australia reignited a passion for writing in East Warburton author Barbara Gaskell Denvil.
Sixteen years down the track and at...
Fittest survive
By JESSE GRAHAM
Boat sinking son thought he was unlikely to live...
HEALESVILLE teenager Thane Garvey has been labelled a hero after swimming to shore after...
Myra parts with Rover
By KATH GANNAWAY
AS Wesburn’s Myra Healey prepared to say goodbye to the red Rover that has been part of her local identity for almost...
Memoirs spanning generations
By STEFANIE GARBER
A NEW book by local June Delbridge spans the centuries to chronicle a history of her family and life in the Yarra...