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Beat back bushfires
By PETER DOUGLAS BUSHFIRE risk mitigation in the Dandenong Ranges took a giant leap forward last week, thanks to the first round of a $2.04…
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Community of certainty
By JESSE GRAHAM COMMUNITY groups in the hills will have funding certainty for the coming three years, after Yarra Ranges councillors unanimously passed partnership grants…
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Charity back on its wheels
By JESSE GRAHAM AN ANONYMOUS generous donor has provided Lilydale charity Holy Fools with a van, to replace the one that was robbed earlier this…
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A tick for liquor
By PETER DOUGLAS AND JESSE GRAHAM YARRA Ranges Shire Council has paved the way for Montrose IGA to relocate its packaged liquor store to a…
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Ready to stomp the ‘G’
By PETER DOUGLAS FERNTREE GULLY fitness enthusiast Michael Muscat will soon be trudging up and down the AFL’s favourite stomping ground. As part of a…
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PM checks rail line progress
By JESSE GRAHAM YARRA Glen and Healesville community members were treated to a special morning tea over the weekend, when Prime Minister Tony Abbott dropped…
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Four in drug net
By JESSE GRAHAM FOUR HEALESVILLE residents will front court in October after drug raids were carried out in Healesville last week. Police from Healesville, Yarra…
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Visual feast on display
By PETER DOUGLAS TWO of the most talented artists in the Dandenong Ranges have served up a visual delight for local enthusiasts. Burrinja studio artists,…
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Farm, fence and more
RURAL Fence and Trade stocks and supplies everything farm, fence and more. From hard-wood rails to hinge-joint zinc aluminium wire, they stock the lot ……
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Lenscape
LOCAL happy snapper Kalli Blunt recently took this beautiful image at the car park of Mount Donna Buang. The happy snapper said she took it…
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Workshoppers set to light it up
KALLISTA residents last Saturday began gearing up for the Belgrave Lantern Parade through attending a workshop at the Kallista Mechanics Hall. Organised by Friends of…
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Silver marked with life award
By KATH GANNAWAY FRIENDS of the Helmeted Honeyeater (FOHH) has been recognised for 25 years of achievement at the 2015 Zoos Victoria’s Hall of Fame…