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UPWEY Fire Brigade is launching a major recruitment campaign to prepare for the coming fire season and keep Upwey and surrounds safe. Brigade captain Paul…

By EMMA SUNWHEN it comes to Scouting, few people know it better than Barry Kennedy. And his recent 40-year leadership award for his time at…

YARRA Ranges police vowed to focus on reducing property crimes and serious road collisions after Victoria Police statistics last week showed increases in those areas.…

By CASEY NEILLA CFA strike team was established in the Dandenongs last Wednesday to support SES volunteers inundated with calls for assistance following wild winds.…

By CASEY NEILLPAUL Gilligan and his family are “devastated” and lucky to have escaped injury after a tree tore through the back of their Mount…

BELGRAVE South Primary School has won a national award for teaching its students about the Anzac spirit. Teachers Meagan Street and Julie Price were the…

By EMMA SUNMOUNT Evelyn resident and Yarra Ranges councillor Tim Heenan will be sleeping rough for 30 nights to raise awareness of homelessness. Cr Heenan…

CFA crews can now sign up for the Knox Fire Brigades Group Torchlight Parade. Ferntree Gully Fire Brigade hosts the biennial event which will be…

By CASEY NEILLHEIGHT restrictions should soon apply to Ferntree Gully Village developments following a Knox City Council motion last Tuesday. On 21 August the Mail…

By EMMA SUNYET another crash at the York Road and Wray Crescent lights has prompted calls by police for a change in the traffic light…

By EMMA SUNA WOMAN has been hailed as a hero after pulling a Millgrove man from his car just minutes before it burst into flames.…

By CASEY NEILLObituary Peter Chandler Born: 5 February 1925 Died: 20 August 2012 UPWEY war veteran Peter Chandler was last week laid to rest. The…