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Thanks grow for sacrifice
By KATH GANNAWAY
THE tradition of Anzac Day, starting with the Dawn Services, gunfire breakfasts and Anzac marches and continuing with reunions and the odd...
Cash boost for school
By MARA PATTISON-SOWDEN
LAUNCHING Place Primary School will receive more than $200,000 from the State Government to repair buildings that are in poor condition.
This afternoon...
Apple in their eyes
By MARA PATTISON-SOWDEN
STUDENTS at Gladysdale Primary School spent a morning last week learning how to look after their apple trees.
Principal John Shackleton said the...
Don’t duck, it’s a goose
By KATH GANNAWAY
HAVING had a further gander at the ‘duck’ (Mail Facebook Feedback 16 April)... turns out it’s a goose!
A goose that is...
Smart starter
By MARA PATTISON-SOWDEN
A WARBURTON innovator has developed a mobile technology to turn woody biomass and logging waste from sustainably managed timber plantations into large...
Festival shows we’re living lively
By KATH GANNAWAY
YARRA Junction sprang to life on Sunday as the Ecotopia Junction Community Festival showed that sustainability, community and fun are a great...
Tears, tragedy and triumph on trail
By MARA PATTISON-SOWDEN
THERE were tears, blisters and yelps of joy as the 2013 Oxfam Trailwalker came to an end in Wesburn.
There was also sadness,...
Jo’s value etched in award
By KATH GANNAWAY
“APPARENTLY, I’m odd,” says Marysville SES Controller Jo Hunter when asked about her long history of volunteering.
Jo, 27, and the second youngest...
Suspended satisfaction for coffee lovers
By MARA PATTISON-SOWDEN
THE idea of ’suspended coffees’ started up to a decade ago in Naples, Italy, but is quickly catching on around the world...
Family violence on increase
By KATH GANNAWAY
THE latest Victoria Police crime statistics reveal 1790 family violence incident reports in Maroondah and Yarra Ranges in 2011/2012, up from 598...
Supermarket plan faces hurdles
By MARA PATTISON-SOWDEN
DESPITE more than 1000 residents and at least 40 businesses in support of a new supermarket in Warburton, councillors have been advised...
Small film’s big win
By MARA PATTISON-SOWDEN
A SHORT film with the classic Australian message of “what goes around comes around” has won the world’s biggest short film competition.
It...
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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...
