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Rubbish a deathtrap for wildlife
By JESSE GRAHAM
RESIDENTS are warned to be more careful with their rubbish disposal after a female platypus was found dead in a local waterway...
Etched in memory
CARDINIA Shire hills residents turned out in droves for services at Gembrook, Cockatoo and Emerald on Anzac Day. RUSSELL BENNETT took in the atmosphere...
Fox faces sex crime charges
By EMMA SUN AND CASEY NEILL
FORMER St Joseph’s College principal Father Julian Fox has been charged with historical child sex crimes dating back to...
Hart in the hills
By EMMA SUN
MELBOURNE Archbishop Denis Hart spent a day in the Yarra Ranges last Wednesday and paid a special visit to the students at...
Elephant action
By EMMA SUN
EMERALD Primary School students are campaigning to keep a symbolic elephant statue purchased by the community in front of the library.
The statue,...
Big results from burpee challenge
HOFFY’S Burpee Challenge has raised $14,460 for HeartKids following a Rainbow Fun Run at Cardinia Reservoir.
More than 550 people turned up from across the...
Open door police sergeant
By EMMA SUN
OLINDA residents will see a new face in town following the recent appointment of a new officer in charge at the police...
Veteran urges respect
By JESSE GRAHAM
ANZAC Day is just around the corner and a Mount Evelyn veteran is reflecting on his own military service and urging the...
RSL chief marches in time
By RUSSELL BENNETT
FOR 40 years, Peter Maloney felt he couldn’t go near an RSL.
The Vietnam veteran figured they didn’t want him, so he...
Firies at the ready
By JESSE GRAHAM
FIRE-FIGHTERS in the Yarra Ranges will be the first in Victoria to practice with innovative new training equipment, making sure they’re ready...
New chief at Olinda
By EMMA SUN
THERE is a new cop in town.
Former Belgrave Police Station Sergeant Paul Phillips has moved to the Olinda Police Station as the...
Ride aims to break the cycle
By RUSSELL BENNETT
COCKATOO nine-year-old Jayden Francois will later this month go on the ride of his life - an 80-kilometre bicycle trek from Lilydale...
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Nuts support a healthy lifestyle in older Australians
Regular consumption of nuts is associated with maintaining a healthy lifespan, new research from a Monash University-led team has found.
Published in the Journal...
