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Top tree care
MANY trees go unnoticed until lost or damaged by poor pruning, according to arborist Bruce Bennett, proprietor of The Green Connection. With 13 years’ experience…
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Rates rise probe
By Tania MartinYARRA Ranges councillors have called for an audit of shire activities and services in an effort to keep future rate rises low. The…
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Travelling gnome is back home
By Tania MartinA KALLISTA couple is celebrating the return of their errant garden gnome who left home for almost five years. Noel the garden gnome…
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Crime fighting edge
By Tania Martin YARRA Ranges police are proving that fingerprinting and forensic evidence is vital in order to catch thieves. Since 2004 the Yarra Ranges…
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Long history of bargains
DANDENONG Market has been operating since 1866 and is famous for its great bargains. With more than 300 stalls visitors will find good deals everywhere.…
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Tapping cash flow
By Tania MartinAN EMERALD woman has pocketed some extra cash after a leaking tap led her to take part in a water audit. Helen Ritt…
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Words work for award winner
By Tania MartinLONG-TIME poet Wilma Birtles has been crowned the 2007 Woorilla Poet of the Dandenongs. Mrs Birtles of Kallista says it is an honour…
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Plea for habitat
By Paul Pickering FERNTREE Gully environmental advocates have stepped up their campaign to save the Blind Creek Billabong, staging a passionate protest at the adjoining…
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Upwey-Tecoma go down
By Ken WaltersAFTER finishing in the top eight of the 80 sides comprising the Victorian Metropolitan Division four bowls competition, Upwey-Tecoma took on the division…
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Town rallies against plan
By Tania MartinEMERALD residents are mounting a ‘say no’ campaign to a three-storey proposed development in the heart of town and have questioned the rational…
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Ratepayer row
By Ed MerrisonA FURIOUS row has erupted between a ratepayers group and a councillor after it was revealed that he had registered the Knox Reform…
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Tragic death ends new life overseas
By Tania MartinKALLISTA’S Anne Crowe always put others before herself. She was doing just that when she was tragically killed in a car accident in…