News
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Council unanimous for health
Health and wellbeing are on the Yarra Ranges council agenda with progress and updates emerging as mostly positive. Councillors unanimously endorsed its Active Recreation plan…
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Scouting makes a return to Montrose
Scouting in Montrose has returned after a long hiatus in the suburb and is off to a flying start, seeing many little people take up…
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Anchor welcomes Victorian Housing Statement’s potential to reduce homelessness
Local homelessness crisis service Anchor Community Care has welcomed the Victorian Government’s Victorian Housing Statement released last month, believing it ‘takes vital steps forward in…
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Students wow at Rotary speech contest
Public speaking can be a task many people avoid but for three Grade 6 students from across Lilydale and Montrose, it came with relative ease.…
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Alistair Whyte: Forever teaching
Alistair Whyte – friend, mentor, teacher, father, husband, master potter. Known and respected for his passion, willingness to pass on knowledge and kind-heartedness, Alistair died…
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Walling’s white gum makes nominee
One of Edna Walling’s heritage tree plantings continues to delight the hearts of Victorians as the National Trust “Tree of the Year” award was announced…
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Arrests target youth gangs, organised crime in outer east
Police have arrested 26 people linked to youth gangs and organised crime including a man from Croydon North and woman from Healesville. A series of…
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Walking for a good cause
Walking 40 kilometres from Melbourne’s CBD to Lilydale in a day may seem somewhat strenuous but knowing it’s for a good cause makes it all…
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Charges after alleged evade
Knox Crime Investigation Unit detectives have charged a man following a pursuit in the eastern suburbs last week. It is alleged police spotted a 2017…
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Return of Mount Evelyn CFA’s garage sale
Mount Evelyn Fire Brigade is bringing back its annual garage sale fundraiser and with less than a week until the event, the members are getting…
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Big Hill invites locals for a day-out
Big Hill is about to show up its beautiful landscape to give locals solace for only two days from 14 to 15 October. This is…
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Sam Knight’s family grateful for ‘incredible’ community support
Despite the grief of losing their much-loved partner and father Sam Knight, Vicky Whillance and her daughter Hazel have felt immensely supported by the local…