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Grimes proud to serve
By JESSE GRAHAM NAIDOC Week was marked with a special visitor at the Angliss Hospital last week, to help acknowledge the contribution of Indigenous servicemen…
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President is never alone: Ash
By RUSSELL BENNETT AT THE Emerald and District Rotary Club’s 34th presidential changeover dinner at Upper Beaconsfield’s Pine Grove Hotel recently, outgoing leader Kristine Ash…
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Replanting delays
By JESSE GRAHAM CARDINIA Shire Council has said that no decision has been made on replanting trees at Emerald’s Worrell Reserve, nine months after chopping…
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Traders itch from vandals’ scratches
By JESSE GRAHAM A TECOMA trader has expressed dismay and disappointment after several main street shops were vandalised. Melissa Hentschel from Reptarium said she saw…
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Emerald remembers
By BEN CAMERON AND RUSSELL BENNETT MORE than 30 fallen soldiers from WWI with links to the Emerald area will be officially heralded under a…
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State steps in on Swinburne
By JESSE GRAHAM THE GOVERNMENT will be stepping in to help find a future for Lilydale’s former Swinburne site, after a callout for a new…
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Italy’s culture on show
By REBECCA BILLS ON the first Saturday each month they come together to share in Mass. And earlier this month, the Yarra Valley Italian Cultural…
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County behind the name
By REBECCA BILLS TIME and time again the Mount Evelyn History Group is asked the same question: “How was Mount Evelyn named?” And despite initial…
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Squalid songs of praise
By JARROD POTTER PILING into a portable work shed at the back of Pat Wright Sr Oval, Montrose belted out its gutsiest rendition of the…
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Town of tension
By REBECCA BILLS DOCUMENTS from Mount Evelyn community groups, leaked to the Mail last week, reveal growing tensions between the town’s three main township groups.…
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Station’s arrested development
By JESSE GRAHAM EMERALD will not see 24-hour services come into the new police station for the time being, despite the increased hours being the…
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Still leading from the front
By JESSE GRAHAM YOUNG leaders from around the Yarra Ranges gathered to celebrate their achievements and to hear special guest speakers at an annual alumni…