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Centre cooks up bushfire help
Healesville Living and Learning Centre’s Hannah Sky and community kitchen volunteer and teacher Yvonne Clarke. HEALESVILLE’S community kitchen organisers are opening their oven and pantry…
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Heroes’ welcome
Louis Bell, James Guillot and Gareth Hart are thanked by Tom and Grace Walker for their efforts in helping the Walkers save their Chum Creek…
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Ten top ideas for holiday fun
1. Festival fun: The Newlife Festival will be held at the Buxton Recreation Reserve on Monday, 13 April. Meet Max and Millie, there are musicians,…
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Stay safe on road
THE Victorian Automobile Chamber of Commerce is urging Victorians not to take chances with unsafe cars this Easter. “According to our figures, a third of…
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Eggs aplenty in E. Bunny’s drive
THE Easter Bunny has over-ordered 5000 chocolate Easter eggs, and that’s good news for Yarra Valley families over Easter. Mr E. Bunny has announced he…
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Bushfire memories bite deep
SIX weeks after Black Saturday the pain of losing 15 homes on his patch, in spite of what by any account was a super-human effort…
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Time for thanks
By Monique EbringtonEMERGENCY Service workers have been labelled the heroes of the February bushfires, however there have also been many incidents of individual heroism. Granton…
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Hit the library these holidays
NO SHOOSHING in the libraries over the school holidays! At Yarra Junction and Healesville there will be plenty of activity and, no doubt, lots of…
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Plea for pals
By Monique EbringtonBADGER Creek wildlife carer Josh Klein has been inundated with animals since the Black Saturday bushfires. Ms Klein is currently caring for more…
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Fire hearings
By Kath GannawayA LACK of communication and restrictions on vegetation clearance were prominent issues raised at the Victorian Bushfires Royal Commission Community Consultation held at…
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Stories from a black day- Katrina Van de Linde and Rosie Morris found a mutual friend.
By Kath GannawayWHEN the Dixons Creek community came together at the town’s reserve on Sunday 22 March for the first time since 7 February, it…
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Fire workers thanked
RSL president Arthur Ford (right) presented certificates of appreciation to organisations By Kath GannawayVOLUNTEERS involved in the February bushfires ditched their work-gear recently and spruced…
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