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Police to ramp up enforcement ahead of Easter long weekend
Police are warning drivers to take extra care this Easter after three fatal collisions in the first three days of April. At midnight on Thursday…
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Knox City Council offering free flu vaccines to eligible people
Knox City Council will be providing free flu vaccines to eligible people, including children and seniors. People eligible for the free vaccines are children aged…
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Labor and Mary Doyle win Aston by-election
Mary Doyle will represent Aston in federal parliament after a historic by-election win for the Labor Party on Saturday 1 April. In front of volunteers…
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Belgrave Lantern Festival receives multi-year funding commitment
With $50,000 injected into the event over the next four years as part of the council’s partnership grant program, the Belgrave Lantern Festival has been…
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A hazelnut haven in Gembrook
A hazelnut grove in a Gembrook valley has been a decade in the making and is now tantalising locals’ taste buds with fresh produce, and…
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Improved lighting for Belgrave Recreation Reserve on the agenda
Belgrave Recreation Reserve might soon be getting better lighting after Yarra Ranges Council put forward applications for the Country Football and Netball funding program. The…
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Road costs finalised in Monbulk and Belgrave
Two special charges schemes for roads in the Hills have been approved, after Yarra Ranges Councillors voted to approve final costings at the latest council…
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CARTOON: Too many fruit flies
This week, resident cartoonist Danny Zemp looks at the announcement of fruit flies throughout the Yarra Valley…
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Specialist Hose Layers train local CFAs
Over the weekend, to participate in an important training exercise, Upper Yarra CFAs made their way to Upper Yarra Secondary College. Scoresby CFA brought up…
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Delighted local footy club back in its club rooms
A delighted Upper Ferntree Gully Football Club has been handed over the keys to its repaired clubrooms at Kings Park just in time for the…
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Olinda’s secret nursery
Olinda’s ‘Secret Garden’ is hard to find, located deep in Perrin’s Creek Reserve. First established as the Williams Nursery in the 1920s, much of the…
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Life members and current firefighters celebrate 100 years of Belgrave CFA
Belgrave CFA celebrated its 100th birthday this month, with the brigade hosting a celebratory function featuring life members and current firefighters coming together. Brigade Captain…