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By MARA PATTISON-SOWDENWILD ideas are being sought to create a community plan for Woori Yallock, Hoddles Creek, Yellingbo, Launching Place and Don Valley (WHYLD). From…

By KATH GANNAWAYTHE official opening of the new HICCI office on Wednesday, 4 July, marked the end of a six-year journey for the Healesville-based churches…

By KATH GANNAWAYYARRA Ranges Mayor Graham Warren has vowed Yarra Ranges Council will do whatever it can to turn around Swinburne University’s decision to close…

By KATH GANNAWAYA FOG of anger, frustration, confusion and devastation greeted the axing of Swinburne’s Lilydale Campus on Friday. News that the campus would close…

By Kath GannawayFRENCH’S Laundry has been destroyed by fire. It is believed the fire started at around midnight. Fire units from across Yarra Ranges and…

By MARA PATTISON-SOWDENSLIPS, trips, falls and dangerous manual handling make up more than half of injuries workers claim for in the Yarra Ranges. More than…

By MARA PATTISON-SOWDENRESIDENTS are baffled at the constant loss of control that drivers have on a dangerous section of Warburton Highway at Launching Place. They…

By MARA PATTISON-SOWDENUPPER Yarra SES volunteers weren’t quite talking with the animals last week, but they were busy rescuing a few of the four-legged variety.…

By KATH GANNAWAYHAVING retired from the dog-eat-dog world of politics, former McEwen MP Fran Bailey is back on the campaign trail as chairperson of Animal…

By MARA PATTISON-SOWDENYARRA Valley residents had a restless night last Tuesday when an earthquake hit Gippsland, sending aftershocks across the state. The 5.4 magnitude quake…

By MARA PATTISON-SOWDENEMERGENCY workers turned up to a “mangled mess” last week when a Commodore and a concrete pump truck collided on a notorious stretch…

By MARA PATTISON-SOWDENA SNAPSHOT of the valley has seen a small increase in population while the importance of religion continues to shrink. The 2011 Census,…