Tag: News
Enjoy an audience with Melba
By JESSE GRAHAM
A YARRA Valley celebrity will be stepping out of the pages of history and into the halls of Lilydale’s Regional Museum on...
Beer Train chugs along
By REBECCA BILLS
ALL ABOARD the inaugural Hargreaves Hill Beer Train taking place on the iconic Puffing Billy.
As part of the 2014 Good Beer Week...
Going nuts despite weather
THE crowds braved the wet weather to support the Kalorama Chestnut Festival over the weekend.
Despite the turn in weather, chestnut fans came out...
Nurses ushering change
By REBECCA BILLS
IT’S a day to celebrate the men and women who look after us at our most vulnerable times.
Monday 12 May is International...
Ideas gel for tourism
By MELISSA MEEHAN
YARRA Glen’s racecourse was the perfect setting for ideas to prosper.
And that they did at Yarra Ranges Tourism’s (YRT) inaugural industry...
Wray of hope
By REBECCA BILLS
Input sought for putting empty building to good use
MOUNT Evelyn residents will have a chance to speak up on the future use...
Best foot forward
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
HAVING taken her first solo steps just a few weeks ago, five-year-old Mount Evelyn resident Amy Dunbar has set out to prove...
A gift to mums everywhere
By REBECCA BILLS
MOUNT Evelyn Christian School (MECS) is using its annual Mother’s Day stall to give back.
With the theme ‘Think Global and Local,’ Friends...
Too close for comfort
By JODIE SYMONDS
A MOUNT Evelyn resident wants the Education Department to see things from her side of the fence.
Four months down the track, resident...
Joel’s a champion
By REBECCA BILLS
Representing Australia in pole vault at Commonwealth Games...
FOR the majority of Joel Pocklington’s life, he has had one goal - to represent...
Sewer in pipeline
By MELISSA MEEHAN
SEPTIC systems failing to meet treatment standards in Monbulk could be replaced with a sewerage scheme expected to be rolled out over...
Teacher’s lesson in perseverence
By JESSE GRAHAM
AN EMERALD school teacher who placed second in last year’s Puffing Billy Great Train Race has taken out top honours this year,...