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By Kath GannawayREMEMBER when little kids’ lives revolved around playing in the backyard, and their best friends were their brothers and sisters? Clare Bowen, Robin…

Lorena Novoa from the Victoria Police band Code One and Constable T. Bear entertained visitors at the Queens Park concert in Healesville. By Monique EbringtonVICTORIA…

Marysville leading senior constables Ian Hamill, Ken Dwight and Ian Walker with Senior Constable Peter Collyer are By Kath GannawayTHE tag ‘heroes’ doesn’t sit comfortably…

Tahlia, Pipa, Sol, Dominica, Jayden and teacher Wendy proudly display the school banner students created after the original school sign was burnt by fire. By…

THE Shire of Yarra Ranges has put into place a number of initiatives to support Yarra Ranges residents affected by the bushfires in rebuilding their…

By Kath GannawayROCHFORD’S Opera Under the Stars on Saturday 7 March will help raise funds for the Victorian Bushfire Appeal. Tania de Jong AM, co-producer…

By Melissa MeehanUNDER threat and unhappy. More than 450 Warburton residents have signed a petition urging the Shire of Yarra Ranges to “put people before…

By Kath GannawaySEVERAL hundred people sat in solemn solidarity at Yarra Valley Racing Centre on Sunday to observe the National Day of Mourning. They shed…

By Melissa MeehanWARBURTON resembled a ghost town last night (Monday) as the fate of the town hung in the balance. By 6pm the fire had…

By Melissa Meehan“IT WAS the fire we knew we were going to have – we just didn’t know when.” Years before the fires that devastated…

ElAINE Postlethwaite’s escape from Marysville is well documented – her story has attracted widespread media interest – and with good reason. From her sister’s home…

By Kath GannawayABC Radio kept Victoria informed about the bushfire threat over the past two weeks and, in the Yarra Valley this week, it was…