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Uni site for sale
By MARA PATTISON-SOWDENYARRA Ranges residents have been angered by news that Swinburne University wants to sell off its Lilydale campus, according to the Yarra Ranges…
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Birthday Patch party
THE Patch Primary School is notching up its 30th birthday and inviting parents and staff to join the celebrations. The school started not with the…
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High on inspiration
FIVE–time world champion aerial skier and Olympic medallist Jacqui Cooper joined parents and children at the Cockatoo Hills Community Strengthening Initiative (HCSI) for a family…
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Ratten’s new role
By EMMA SUNFORMER Carlton Football Club coach Brett Ratten has risen above his recent dismissal to become Melba Support Services’ 40th anniversary ambassador. Mr Ratten,…
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Tim’s ‘home’ improvements
By EMMA SUNYARRA Ranges Councillor Tim Heenan was forced to set up a tarp over his cardboard box home in Lilydale to weather the heavy…
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Cab driver bashed
By EMMA SUNA VETERAN taxi driver, who provides transport for people with disabilities, was bashed and had rocks thrown at his windscreen in a terrifying…
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Patch Primary goes green
MORE than 140 students from nine schools came together at The Patch Primary School last month to share their knowledge about caring for the environment.…
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End of an era
By EMMA SUNLONG-TIME Mount Evelyn resident Gwenda Watkins has passed away, aged 75. She died peacefully in her sleep on 5 September, after suffering a…
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Fernlea’s first wedding
By EMMA SUNCHOCOLATE love hearts and stars filled Emerald’s Fernlea House as it celebrated the first ever wedding of one of its residents. Karen White,…
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Cash targets pests
By CASEY NEILLYARRA Ranges Council has welcomed $85,374 to help deal with plant and animal pests along local roads. Evelyn MP Christine Fyffe last week…
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Safe from big cats
By EMMA SUNA GOVERNMENT study on the existence of big cats in Victoria has come back negative. There have been several reports of a “panther-like”…
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Precarious perch
A MT Dandenong man, his girlfriend, and his dog had a lucky escape when his car careered 30 metres down a steep embankment off Mt…
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