Tag: News
Cash targets pests
By CASEY NEILLYARRA Ranges Council has welcomed $85,374 to help deal with plant and animal pests along local roads.
Evelyn MP Christine Fyffe last week...
Safe from big cats
By EMMA SUNA GOVERNMENT study on the existence of big cats in Victoria has come back negative.
There have been several reports of a “panther-like”...
Precarious perch
A MT Dandenong man, his girlfriend, and his dog had a lucky escape when his car careered 30 metres down a steep embankment off...
Wedge off to VCAT
By CASEY NEILLVCAT will again have the power to decide the Glenfern Green Wedge’s future.
The Upper Ferntree Gully land’s owners on 20 September lodged...
Helping hands
By EMMA SUNWHEN Montrose resident Alan Hopkins lost his 40-year-old wife out of the blue last month, he was left picking up the pieces.
Being...
Student to take the temperature of climate change
OLINDA student Ryan Hyde is off to Qatar to witness United Nations talks on climate change.
The 18-year-old Swinburne University journalism student will make the...
Diamond couple in the news
MONBULK couple Ian and Margaret Ross are celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary on 20 September.
They’ll mark the diamond milestone with a meal with their...
Pollies blunder over CFA trucks
By RUSSELL BENNETTMONBULK MP James Merlino says a “bureaucratic blunder” by the State Government has forced some CFA brigades to operate “without vital appliances”.
But...
Taxi assault arrest
BELGRAVE police have arrested a man following an alleged assault on a taxi driver in Upwey on Monday 10 September.
They arrested a 20-year-old Upwey...
Council probes plan
By RUSSELL BENNETTCARDINIA Shire Council has agreed to further investigate key elements of the draft Emerald Community Facilities Spatial Plan.
And now Emerald residents will...
Died after crash
By MARA PATTISON-SOWDENA 45-YEAR-OLD Montrose man died after being airlifted to hospital in a critical condition following a head-on collision in Yarra Junction on...
New name inspires
RANGES Community Health has a new name – Inspiro.
Max Walker was on hand to unveil the change at the organisation’s Lilydale site last Thursday...
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Gifts and festive foods needed
Dandenong Ranges Emergency Relief Service Inc. (DRERS) in Belgrave is gathering donations for those in need this year, with food and gifts needed.
Festive...
