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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...
Grapes of wrath
By KATH GANNAWAY
A SERIES of attacks on grapevines at Badger Creek have both police and the owners of the vineyard at a loss for...
For good health
By KATH GANNAWAY
THERE was overwhelming support on Wednesday night (27 March) for a return to a community-run hospital and health service in the Yarra...
CFA won’t risk it
YELLINGBO’s CFA captain says fuel loading is extreme in the Yellingbo Conservation Reserve and he will refuse to send his volunteers in to fight...
Good effort
CFA volunteers around the Yarra Valley will be doing their bit for the Royal Children’s Hospital Appeal on Good Friday.
Last year their effort...
High school’s golden years
HEALESVILLE High School’s new $15million school went on show on Saturday as part of a weekend of celebrations commemorating more than 50 years of...
Healesville was on song
WITH three times as many acts and half a dozen venues getting involved, this year’s Healesville Music Festival set a musical spectacular across town.
People...
Brave response to road tragedy
JASON Kneebone is a self-confessed rev-head, but the Seville East resident says his perception of driving changed dramatically when he witnessed a fatal crash.
Heading...
Probe into hunt for missing man
VICTORIAN Coroner John Olle last week ordered an audit of the initial investigation by police into the disappearance of Warren Meyer in bush east...
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Journalism integrity under threat from easily formed ‘news websites’
Revelations that a digital news publication might have affiliate links with Climate 200 has brought about a reminder of the necessity of truly independent...
