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The race is on

By Kath GannawayRACE day at Yarra Glen is always fun, but the Yarra Valley Cup meeting, this year on Sunday, 29 March, offers a...

Clear minds for CFA fundraiser

By Kath GannawayTHE Gawler Foundation is aiming to raise at least $10,000 for the local CFA with a special meditation workshop at Yarra Junction...

Ayla achieves aim

By Kath GannawayFOUR, three, two, one .... zero! Ayla De Rooy made up her mind she was going all the way with her head shave...

Residents return

WARBURTON resident Mikey Schama took refuge at the Lilydale Relief Centre last Tuesday 3 March.By Monique EbringtonUPPER Yarra residents are returning to their homes,...

Wildlife shelter to rise from ashes

Belinda Gales crouches where the animal nursery used to be, before it was destroyed by fire, at her Chum Creek wildlife shelter.By Monique EbringtonWILDLIFE...

Beat the blaze

Kiff Saunders (left) and Nick Brau who with fellow employee John Stone, fought to save the shed housing hundreds of thousands of dollars in...

Pony club saved

By Monique EbringtonYARRA Glen and District Pony Club was saved from being destroyed in the Black Saturday fires by the heroic efforts of passersby. When...

Works begin

Yarra Ranges Shire Mayor Len Cox is helped by, from left: Federal Member for Casey Tony Smith, Museum of Lillydale Trust Chair Paulette Bisley...

US fire crewfinds sanctuary

John Schmechel from Sonora, California, Ross Pekinpah from North Fork, California, Megan Timoney from Eden, Utah, Eric Heyn (back) from Eureka, Montana, Jay Esperance...

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Waiting out fire danger

By Monique EbringtonMANY Upper Yarra residents packed up what they could and took refuge at Lilydale last week as fire again threatened...

It’s all in the valley

By Kath Gannaway“IT’S years since I’ve been to…Warburton…Healesville…Yarra Glen!!!” This isn’t your international, interstate, or even bayside tourist speaking – it’s the locals, as we...

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Gendered violence reporting remains at fore

As the 16 Days of Activism campaign begins to again work towards the end of gendered violence, Star Mail took a look back at...