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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...
Honour the fight for peace
JAKE Ferris’s pop’s picture usually hangs on the wall at home, but on Thursday, he held it proudly at the Healesville Anzac Day service...
Shire backs rural health model
By KATH GANNAWAY
YARRA Ranges Council has declared it will go in to bat for the Save Healesville Hospital group.
Council supported a late motion by...
Fix highway call
By MARA PATTISON-SOWDEN
HUNDREDS of residents have been signing a petition to fix the adverse conditions of Warburton Highway between Lilydale and Warburton.
But police say...
Place of peace
By KATH GANNAWAY
A PERMANENT memorial now stands as a tribute to Healesville police sergeant Tony van Gorp’s contribution to the Healesville community.
Sergeant van Gorp’s...
Local cop earned respect
By KATH GANNAWAY
AFTER three long years Healesville teacher Gayle Shelley has seen both vindication and recognition for her partner, Healesville police sergeant Tony van...
OAM for platypus conservationist
FORMER Healesville Sanctuary director Geoff Williams has received an Order of Australia Medal last week.
During his time there, the sanctuary enjoyed an exceptional phase...
Hot firefighters are on the ball
By MARA PATTISON-SOWDEN
THE Red Hot Fireman’s Ball was a flaming night of fun at the Sam Knott Hotel last month but, more importantly, the...
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Candidates debate strategy, funding, and long-term responsibility
Strategy, funding, sustainability, long term maintenance and who exactly is responsible? Week four of the Star Mail campaign continues to explore and determine the...
