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Sandi’s eye on crime
By PETER DOUGLAS DANDENONG Ranges-based crime writer Sandi Wallace’s novel ‘Tell Me Why’ has been receiving rave reviews, winning the recent 2015 Davitt Award Reader’s…
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Music event hits right note
By PETER DOUGLAS KALLISTA Primary School recently unearthed many talented young musicians through its performing arts day. With 10 different sessions running throughout the day,…
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A whole load of trouble
By VICTORIA STONE-MEADOWS A FERNTREE Gully man has been fined Thursday morning 10 September for towing an overloaded tandem trailer along Ferntree Gully Road. Nunawading…
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Kindred spirits light the night
By Victoria Stone-Meadows NEARLY one hundred people turned out for a candle lit vigil in Belgrave to commemorate the life of Syrian toddler Aylun Kurdi…
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Dynamic duo in print
THE Mount Evelyn History Group will this weekend launch a locally focused book about Dr Bill Hardy and Gwen Hardy. The pair has been described…
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Police hunt meat thieves
In brief IF YOU know of any suddenly announced barbecues, Yarra Ranges Crime Investigation Unit (CIU) Detective Sergeant Pat Barrow wants to hear from you.…
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Club set to mark gold
THE Monbulk Bowls Committee has been working hard to prepare for the 50th anniversary celebrations. The celebrations for the anniversary will take place on the…
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Martin birdies 18th, bags medal
By ROSS MARTIN AT Emerald Golf Club on Saturday, it was the beginning of spring and the September VGL (Victorian Golf League) Medal was on…
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200 blitz high school
By PETER DOUGLAS DRAWING on the concept of ‘Backyard Blitz’, the Mount Evelyn-based Discovery Community Care ‘blitzed’ Lilydale High School last weekend and completed an…
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Kai and his Minions
By VICTORIA STONE-MEADOWS NINE-YEAR-OLD Belgrave South Primary School student Kai Malcolm wanted a way to help his baby cousin Isabelle, who has been diagnosed with…
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Patch on the planet
By VICTORIA STONE-MEADOWS THE Patch Primary School has been running an environmental management program for the students for about 15 years, but this year a…
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Bright Sparks of music
By VICTORIA STONE-MEADOWS SPARKS is a three-piece band from the Dandenongs that recently won the Yarra Ranges finals of the Freeza Battle of the Bands…