Tag: News
A grandma’s love
By MELISSA MEEHAN
A FERNTREE Gully grandmother is pleading that the government place life-saving medication on the PBS to save her grand-daughter's life.
Jenny Scott’s 17-year-old...
Rowing for Rio
By REBECCA BILLS
Family says Mum's efforts for Paralympic Games are an inspiration...
AFTER elective surgery to amputate the lower part of her leg, Amanda Reynolds...
Naked man in late night spree
By MELISSA MEEHAN
A NAKED man demanding cash and keys caused a stir in Mount Evelyn overnight.
Police were called to a number of properties in...
Beaten with iron bar
By MELISSA MEEHAN
UPDATE:
Police are putting together the pieces of a serious assault in Yellingbo last night.
Lilydale Detective Allan Price said police were investigating the...
Fyffe is new Speaker
EVEYLN MP Christine Fyffe has today been elected unopposed as the 36th Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, after current speaker Ken Smith stepped down.
Mrs...
Call for cat free zone
By MELISSA MEEHAN
A TWO kilometre feline exclusion zone has been suggested by residents trying to protect lyrebirds in the national park in Sherbrooke.
Concerned...
Works start on popular project
By MELISSA MEEHAN
IT’S been a long time coming.
Work on the new Olinda Reserve Community Facility is about to start - and will provide...
Military milestone
By MELISSA MEEHAN
SIX months before the start of World War I, 3000 citizen soldiers arrived in Lilydale for combat training.
Now 100 years later,...
Set for career of campaigning
AN EYE-opening volunteering experience in Laos and Cambodia helped 19-year-old Vanessa Gillam firm up her career ambition.
The Lilydale teenager is now a step closer...
Open opportunity
By MELISSA MEEHAN
FOR Sebastian Sutterby, the best part of working at the Australian Open isn’t rubbing shoulders with his tennis heroes - it’s being...
Knitters bid to stitch up Maccas
By MELISSA MEEHAN
IT WAS an act of “craftivism”.
Three months work of stitching, looping, and knitting.
On Thursday the Tecoma Picket Knitters unveiled their...
McDonald’s set to open soon
By MELISSA MEEHAN
WORK is continuing on Tecoma McDonald's and the store is expected to open early this year.
And while those opposing the development...
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Sticking to New Year’s resolutions
New Year’s is a time of celebration and welcoming a fresh start but it’s also the time where those seemingly unattainable resolutions are made....
