Tag: News
Blue Light reborn
By MARA PATTISON-SOWDENAFTER a 30-year hiatus, young people are arriving in droves for the area’s biggest youth dance.
Young people from all over the Yarra...
Thieves target bikes, trailers
By MARA PATTISON-SOWDENBRAZEN thieves have been rolling away across the valley on stolen motorbikes.
People are being told to keep a watchful eye on their...
Shire backs house push
By MARA PATTISON-SOWDENYARRA Ranges Council has added its advocacy to the fight for low-income housing for its residents.
It has backed a push by seven...
Mums want apology
By MARA PATTISON-SOWDEN and MELISSA MEEHANJUNE Smith says an unequivocal apology will be the first step down the road of acknowledging a hidden part...
Deadline win for victims
By KATH GANNAWAYTHE father of a victim of Healesville paedophile priest David Daniel has welcomed news last week that the deadline for submissions to...
Crash attention on road’s dangers
By KATH GANNAWAYLILYDALE police are calling for witnesses to a crash on Maroondah Highway on Friday afternoon 27 July.
The circumstances around the crash about...
Poverty pen pal
By KATH GANNAWAYMOST teenagers return from holidays abroad with suitcases full of souvenirs and memories of golden beaches, snorkelling or shopping.
Mikhaela Shafran came back...
Grannies protest as loggers unite
By KATH GANNAWAYAS FOUR Toolangi grandmothers locked themselves onto machinery at the Leo’s Foot logging coupe last week, the local forest industry has mounted...
Crushed from on high
By MARA PATTISON-SOWDENA WARBURTON mother who warned the Shire hours before a dangerous tree smashed her son’s car is disgusted the council continues to...
Life-saver award call
By MARA PATTISON-SOWDEN AND RUSSELL BENNETTTHE YOUNGER brother of a Yarra Junction man who jumped into freezing cold water to save a drowning mother...
Town slams ‘racist’ vandalism on shop
By MARA PATTISON-SOWDENWARBURTON residents are shocked and appalled at recent vandalism attacks on a new restaurant business, with some saying the attacks are race...
Mob attacks protest camp
By KATH GANNAWAYANTI-LOGGING groups are calling for a ‘serious’ investigation after two Central Highlands Action Group protestors were assaulted by a drunken mob in...