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Weedbusters return
IT was full steam ahead for Weedbuster Week at Emerald Primary School, with Puffing Billy lending a hand. Students on 6 September made their annual…
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Book sales boost charity
A LOCAL Yarra Ranges book distributor has donated more than $4500 to make children’s wishes come true. Lifetime Distributors, known as “the book people”, donates…
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Sarah has that ring of confidence
UPWEY’S young swimming sensation Sarah Chaplin will take to the pool in December for the Special Olympics Junior National Games. It will be the 13-year-old’s…
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Wildlife warrior leads koala campaign
YOUNG animal welfare advocate Poppy from Cockatoo Montessori School recently raised almost $130 for koala conservation. Poppy, 7, gathered her friends from school to raise…
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Leading the charge
NO more home-ground disadvantage. No more sub-standard clubrooms. The next 12 months look set to provide the springboard to transform the Emerald Football Club into…
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Love the skin you’re in
AS THE Second Annual Tattoo Expo draws closer, 37 Australian artists will be flexing their hands and readying their tattoo guns, including Upwey’s own Jamin…
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Light shines on Sunnyside
A KALLISTA resident is searching for locals who know or have pictures of an old house Sunnyside. Jason Fox, whose house on Sunnyside Avenue sits…
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Doing it for Hannah
MONBULK residents have pulled together to help raise not only more than $3000, but also awareness about road safety, by Doing a Hannah. Hannah Bedford-Lee,…
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Fire break for long weekend
WITH a recent burst of hot weather, the CFA is reminding residents that now is the time to clean up their properties ahead of the…
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It’s all top class
MACCLESFIELD Primary School opened its doors to students, parents and relatives for its open day last month. Students demonstrated a range of activities and answered…
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What’s up, Skip?
A KANGAROO in the main street of Emerald is not something you see every day. SO when a local version of Skippy bounded towards a…
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Opening garden, opening hearts
THE Open Gardens season has comes around again and this spring some exhibitors are putting their proceeds towards helping those less fortunate. Owners of The…
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