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Bill’s war at sea
By DAVID ALLEGRETTI MOUNT Evelyn resident Bill Smart was just 16 years of age when he left home to enlist in the Royal Australian Navy.…
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Nuts about soup?
By MELISSA MEEHAN THEY’RE nuts about chestnuts. Mount Dandenong pre-schoolers visited a local chestnut farm in Olinda last week to collect chestnuts for the annual…
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Storm scene created anew
By MELISSA MEEHAN AGE has wearied Upwey’s storm scene mural, but a new lease of life will be brought to the laneway as a local…
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Paul’s a born skydiver
By MELISSA MEEHAN JUMPING out of a plane isn’t exactly everyone’s cup of tea. But for Cockatoo’s Paul Easterbrook, it was something he was born…
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Major equity victory
By REBECCA BILLS SHE was a trailblazer for women in the military, and has dedicated her life to the service. Now a retired major, Isabel…
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Early Easter bake off
By REBECCA BILLS EASTER came early at Melba Support Services with a special hamper presentation last Monday. Disability Services and Reform Minister Mary Wooldridge alongside…
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New homes for gliders
By REBECCA BILLS MONBULK Landcare had the assistance of 43 conservation volunteers in the final preparations of installing over 80 nestboxes for the Monbulk Wildlife…
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Premier has the power
By REBECCA BILLS PREMIER Dennis Napthine inspected the progress of replacing bare wire powerlines in Montrose last Monday to reduce bushfire risk in the Dandenong…
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Youth need life mentors
By MELISSA MEEHAN IT’S only an hour a week. But those few hours could change a young person’s life. ECHO Youth and Family Services are…
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Rhyme or reason
WITH apologies to Robert Frost Monbulk, (letters last week) and Robert Frost, (San Francisco, New England, England and Florida) America’s favourite poet In last week’s…
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Brave new world
By REBECCA BILLS AND KATH GANNAWAY Childcare and some courses to survive UPPER Yarra Community House (UYCH) has stepped up to plug the dwindling hole…
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Services to remember
By REBECCA BILLS A PIECE of history is in our midst. After a $1 million project to upgrade the Kokoda Track Memorial in 2011, the…
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