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Tourist target for market
By JESSE GRAHAM A COMMUNITY market is being set up to re-energise and reinvigorate Cockatoo’s tourist appeal, with two residents opening the event early next…
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Gymnastics within school Reach
By KATHRYN BERMINGHAM A NEW gymnastics program in Emerald has local kids reaching for their best. Reach Gymnastics has recently opened its doors at Emerald…
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Service slashed
By JESSE GRAHAM AN ORGANISATION that provides free legal advice for domestic violence victims in the Yarra Valley may be forced to shut down in…
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Quilt backing for CFA
By KATHRYN BERMINGHAM KAREN Martin knows first-hand the important work of the Monbulk CFA. When they were called to her house to respond to an…
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Lenscape
THE sky lit up over Lilydale Lake last Thursday, when Mail journalist and photographer Jesse Graham took this photo on the lake’s pier. The photo…
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Memorial stirs community spirit
By KATHRYN BERMINGHAM THE community spirit present in the wake of the Ash Wednesday fires was again alive at a memorial over the weekend. Cockatoo…
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Riding crest of BMX wave
THERE was plenty of two-wheel action at the Lilydale BMX Club recently when 300 riders from across Victoria and interstate came to ‘Conquer the Valley’.…
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Lightning forces events spill over
By JAMIE STRUDLEY EIGHTEEN Yarra Ranges Athletics athletes spent the weekend at Lakeside Stadium competing at the Victorian Junior Track and Field Championships. Only a…
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Primed for premiership tilt
By JACK PRATO IF THERE was one phrase Wandin Football Club’s vice- president Robert Bayliss would use to describe the club’s situation, it’s ‘what doesn’t…
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Powell power at work
By STEVE BROWN MONBULK medium-pacer, Aaron Powell, tore through the Ferntree Gully top order on day one of the penultimate round of Reeves Shield in…
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Get set to out-puff Billy
EAGER runners are being challenged to enter the 34th Puffing Billy Great Train Race on Sunday 3 May. This annual event will see Puffing Billy…
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Farming practices set for change
By PETER DOUGLAS PROHIBITIONS around intensive agriculture operations in the Yarra Ranges may soon be relaxed. To help address changing farming practices, Yarra Ranges council…