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Summer arrives with a blast

AS temperatures soared last week, with Tuesday and Wednesday reaching over 35 degrees, families and friends headed for popular water spots in the Yarra...

Road to fun

By Kath GannawayTHE stars of the Comedy Festival are coming to Warburton with a new show, the Comedy Road Trip. Local comedian Michael Connell is...

Candles for bushfire victims

By Kath GannawayA ROLL-CALL of the men, women and children who died in the 1939 bushfires was held at St Marys Anglican Church in...

Badger Creek was Eve’s Eden

obituary Evelyn Frogley Born: 12 February 1917 Died: 9 December 2008 GARDENING, cooking and, of course, family, were the threads which connected Evelyn Frogley to her much-loved Badger...

Fire horror remembered

By Kath GannawayFORESTS Commission employees Charles Demby from Toolangi and John Barling from Pascoe Vale were the first of 71 people to perish in...

Sky the limit for farewell

Above: Mr Jones was joined by By Kath Gannaway LEAVING school was an uplifting experience for Healesville Primary School principal Howard Jones. There were tears,...

Looking back at the year that was, the Mail this week takes a look...

POLICE continue their search for missing bushwalker Warren Meyer who went missing on Dom Dom Saddle on Easter Sunday. YARRA Ranges Shire calls on...

Man killed in bike head-on

By Monique EbringtonTWO motorcycles collided on the Black Spur last Wednesday killing a 49-year-old Mooroolbark man and leaving his 45-year-old wife and a 32-year-old...

From the

By Kath GannawayVICTORIA was in the grip of a hot, dry summer when in the second week of January 1939 the state erupted...

Tourists attacked

By Kath GannawayLILYDALE Criminal Investigation Unit is appealing for witnesses to an alleged assault in Queen’s Park in Healesville in December to come forward. Senior...

Book in for rhythm

By Kath GannawayTHE inaugural Rhythm and Red concert was a sell-out success in December and Healesville’s newest music event is, it seems, on a...

Lions’ pride dented

THE Lions Club of Healesville will have to dip into hard-earned funds to replace a trailer stolen between Christmas and New Year. The trailer and...

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Dangerous dog dispute the reason for Yarra Ranges Council lockdown

The reasoning behind the Yarra Ranges Council lockdown on Friday 15 November has come to light. Yarra Ranges Council went into lockdown for about an...