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‘Quirky’ hotel for valley visitors
A new 170-room, six-storey hotel is set to rise from a former petrol station site in Lilydale. Barnes Capital director Martyn Barnes said the complex…
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Smash a Parma and help a farmer
Australians love smashing a parma at the pub and now just by eating your favourite pub meal you can help drought-affected farmers. Call it putting…
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Celebrating 100 years of art
The Twenty Melbourne Painters Society (TMPS) was established in 1918 with the view of mounting annual exhibitions of members’ work. Ten decades later the society’s…
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The house that Maxa built
A passive eco home in Kallista was awarded the Best Energy Efficient Design at the 23rd Building Designers Association of Victoria (BDAV) Building Design Awards.…
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Defibs for Upwey and Belgrave
Chemists in Upwey and Belgrave are now armed with defibrillators. The Dandenong Ranges Community Bank Group launched its Special Defibrillator Sponsorship program this month by…
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Body found in Belgrave
Police will prepare a report for the Coroner after the body of a man was found in Belgrave on Wednesday 8 August. They were called…
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Commemorating Kokoda
It has been 76 years since Australian forces fought a series of battles along the Kokoda trail to try and hold back advancing Japanese forces…
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Fence cut, bikes pinched
Thieves stole $13,000 in motorcycles from an Upwey home. Yarra Ranges CIU detectives are investigating the theft, which took place in Hughes Street between noon…
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Pavilion for everyone
A new pavilion, complete with community meeting areas will be built to serve local sports clubs and groups across the Monbulk area. Member for Monbulk…
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Hopes for long-lost-woman
Police have not given up hope on finding missing woman Joanne Gaye Deason, who was last since in Gembrook on 22 August 2003. Then in…
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Emerald students walk the anti-anxiety line
Emerald Secondary College Students have come together to participate in the Future Problem-Solving Australia program. The program brings together more than 140 schools from around…
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Mapping Emerald’s past
A map of historic Emerald is giving the community a glimpse into its past. The heritage groups in Casey Cardinia launched the map at their…