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Sydney marches for family
SELBY’S Sydney Powell, 5, marched alongside her father, Sean, and grandfather, Jim, at the Anzac Day march at Dandenong on Saturday. The family marched to…
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Anzac Avenue the work of dedicated team
By PETER MALONEY ON 11 MARCH the sun shone on Emerald. The Emerald RSL and the Emerald community welcomed Governor-General Sir Peter Cosgrove and Lady…
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Gallipoli oaks help mark occasion
MACCLESFIELD Primary School helped remember the Anzacs last Friday through planting oak trees in its school grounds. As part of the National Trust of Australia’s…
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Students delve into history
EMERALD Secondary College students last Friday commemorated the Anzac spirit, with these commemorations culminating in the opening of a special Anzac garden. After a reflective…
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‘Feast of classical music’
By JESSE GRAHAM THE sound of classical music will fill halls across the Yarra Ranges through the coming months, with the council teaming up with…
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Rivalry dwarfed in Anzac clash
By RUSSELL BENNETT LOCAL footy rivalries simply don’t get much bigger than Emerald versus Gembrook Cockatoo. There’s always something extra on the line, and on…
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Semmens breaks Silence in verse
SELBY poet Cameron Semmens has been awarded the Woorilla Poetry Prize for 2015 for his poem, ‘Thylacine Silence’. Meanwhile, Amanda Braxton-Smith from Sassafras was commended…
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Top efforts in trying conditions
MONBULK had six teams playing this week at three different grounds, Healesville, Woori Yallock and at Olinda. It was a cold and wet day for…
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Broken record hard to swallow
IN KARL Williams’ letter (Macca’s Cash Hard To Swallow, Mail, 14 April), he forgot to mention he is one of the key anti-Macca’s protesters. But,…
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End of days
THE commemoration of Anzac Day is a wonderful tradition, a day each and every one should always remember. Together with Australia Day, they are without…
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When is enough, enough
I HAVE the strongest possible complaint about these protesters in Tecoma; this time overstepping the line. They were recently holding out a puppet of Ronald…
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Gallipoli poem a favourite
POPULAR letter-writer in the Mail over many years, Jerry Hughes of Mount Dandenong, has contributed the following poem about Gallipoli. Mr Hughes suffered from a…
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