Tag: News
Emergency call
By JESSE GRAHAM
DISGRUNTLED Tecoma residents are rallying against the location of the town’s new ambulance branch, though special rules leave them without any means...
Lanterns light longest night
HUNDREDS of Belgrave residents took to the streets over the weekend to celebrate the winter solstice at the eighth Belgrave Lantern Festival.
The event, which...
Ivy growing back
By JESSE GRAHAM
AN OLINDA restaurant has risen from the ashes after tea towels caught fire and caused thousands of dollars in damage last month.
A...
Connection to cooking
By MELISSA MEEHAN
RESIDENTS of Emerald and surrounding areas are invited to Dig In.
But community dinner organiser Michelle Perera doesn’t just want people to...
Jumps tie in heart health
By REBECCA BILLS
STUDENTS skipped for a great cause to raise money for heart disease.
Earlier this month, all students at Belgrave South Primary School took...
Car runs far too hot
By REBECCA BILLS
A MOTHER dropping her children at day care returned to find her car on fire.
Fire-fighters from Montrose and Mount Evelyn were called...
Station’s park bench stolen
By DANIELLE GALVIN
THE old Nobelius train station in Emerald has been the target of vandals and thieves.
John Michell from Bayswater tends to the train...
Box full of blooms
By REBECCA BILLS
A FRESH burst of colour in the formally empty flower box in front of the Mount Evelyn Newsagency is bringing a smile...
Council ponders station use
By DANIELLE GALVIN
THE old Emerald police station is receiving the attention of Cardinia Shire councillors. A report into the potential uses of the site...
Lake leg for fundraiser
By JESSE GRAHAM
MOUNT Evelyn VCAL students are set to take on Lillydale Lake today (Tuesday) as part of a fundraising effort to get new...
Woman found in China
A woman who was reported missing in the Dandenong Ranges has been found - in China.
Now a student faces having to pay for a...
D-Day for Hoffman crossing
By CASEY NEILL
FOUR hours of vomiting ended Paul Hoffman’s previous attempt to swim across the English Channel, in July 2012.
Next month the Selby man...