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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…
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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 of…
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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 a…
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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…
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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…
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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 its…
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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 put…
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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 and…
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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 related.…
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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 the…
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Town mourns Ted
By MARA PATTISON-SOWDENWARBURTON’s main street came to a standstill last Friday as Ted Chisholm was farewelled, meandering alongside the river with an entourage to his…
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Cables in the air
By MARA PATTISON-SOWDENYARRA Ranges’ main energy supplier has begun a $40 million, four-year program to replace powerlines with aerial bundled cable throughout high bushfire risk…
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