Tag: News
Shock closure of childcare
Samantha Kloet has her hands full as a full-time working mother. Her job got even tougher when she was told in December that her...
Higher learning
Angus Boyle (front) with Healesville High School principal George Perini, (back row, from left) Sergeant Tony Van Gorp, Gornroamin business owner Karen Picone and...
Crowds swing to music festival
Teresa Castley and Ray Chaber from The Wild Violets performing at the Moonlight Mountains Festival.By Monique EbringtonWARBURTON’S Moonlight Mountains Festival struck a chord with...
Sun brightens the way
By Kath GannawayHOLIDAY fever hit Warburton on the weekend with the first burst of real summer weather.
While holiday-makers at the local caravan park took...
Lucky escape
By Monique EbringtonTWO Yarra Junction men escaped the holiday road toll when the car in which they were travelling crashed on the Healesville-Yarra Glen...
Holiday road risk
By Monique EbringtonINCREASED traffic conditions and a string of crashes in the Yarra Ranges has police urging motorists to take care on the roads...
Mark the big day in style
By Kath GannawayAUSTRALIA Day deserves to be celebrated in style and Badger Creek’s Platypus Restaurant has the perfect combination of Aussie music, food and...
Shire ahead on cash crisis
AS GOVERNMENTS throughout the world work hard to stave off the effects of the global financial crisis, the Shire of Yarra Ranges is also...
River, mountains and care
By Kath GannawayThe centre’s position in Warburton means residents can walk to the shops, cafes and other local attractions such as films and live...
Musos to keep on grinding
By Kath GannawayIT SAYS something about the support Healesville’s Grind & Groove cafe and bar has shown for the local music industry, that 14...
Gearing to play safe during fires
FIND the time to attend a local Fire Ready Victoria or Community Fireguard meeting this year.
That’s the message CFA Community Education co-ordinator Geoff Deacon...
Marking the fires of ‘39
By Kath GannawayNORM Golding was 32 when the 1939 bushfires ravaged much of Victoria.
The Yarra Valley was not immune from the holocaust which left...
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Near month-long Telstra landline outage frustrates disconnected Upper Yarra resident
An Upper Yarra resident has been left frustrated and annoyed following an outage to his landline service through Telstra.
Three Bridges resident Peter Dunn, responding...
