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Bird ban
HILLS residents caught feeding sulphur-crested cockatoos could soon be breaking the law as a local council bans bird feeding. Yarra Ranges Council last week approved…
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Motorcyclist killed
A MOTORCYCLIST has died in Cockatoo following a head-on collision with a ute. Police said the motorcyclist, 28, from Cockatoo was travelling east along Paternoster…
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Hill wins again on countback
By Dennis FullerPAR was the competition at Emerald Golf Club last Saturday, so those people with 4BBB commitments shied away from this format. Of those…
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Feeding is for the birds
By Tania MartinHILLS residents caught feeding sulphur-crested cockatoos could soon be breaking the law, as a local council bans bird feeding. Yarra Ranges Council last…
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End of the line
MONBULK police recently cut-short two graffiti vandals’ trip to Melbourne. The 18 and 19 year olds from Queensland were caught red handed earlier this month,…
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Walkers hit charity trail
By Tania MartinOxfam Trailwalker participants Andrew and Natalie Ashdown of Elwood, Terry Bahat of Highett and Susan Braund of Malvern rest their weary feet at…
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Emerald ‘safe’ after dark
By Tania MartinCARDINIA’S top cop has assured hills residents that Emerald is safe after dark. This follows reports in the Mail that some residents feared…
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Low, that’s the score
By Stephen WalterHIGH scoring was expected when Healesville hosted Gembrook Cockatoo in perfect conditions, but it was just the opposite. Gembrook’s defence was outstanding all…
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Premier for premiers
By Carli MitchellIN PERFECT netball conditions, last year’s reigning premiers played Upwey Tecoma at home at the weekend, and Mount Evelyn continued in the same…
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Need for feed
By Tania MartinA TOURISM operator says a call to ban feeding sulphur-crested cockatoos at a picnic ground in Kallista would be ‘disastrous’ for the Dandenongs…
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Court nets deal
By Tania Martin and Casey NeillA LAST minute compromise has allowed a new netball court in an environmentally protected corridor to go ahead. The 11th-hour…
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Big band blows into town
By Tania MartinMUSICIANS young and old took to the stage recently to form a 60-member orchestra. Dandenong Ranges Music Council’s (DRMC) New Horizons Concert Band…