News
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Finding common ground through board gaming for R U OK? Day
The process of joining a new club or meeting new people can be a daunting task, that’s why one local man decided to organise R…
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New national Fire Danger Rating system comes into affect for spring
On Thursday 1 September a nationally significant event will be taking place as the country switches to the revised Fire Danger Rating System. The rating…
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Yarra Ranges Youth’s voices heard after months of work
Yarra Ranges young people have been able to have a voice where it matters in a new program. 24 students from Upper Yarra Secondary College…
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Small business, labour shortage focus of Peter Dutton visit to Lilydale
It wasn’t just a general day at work for some Lilydale small business owners when Liberal opposition leader Peter Dutton took a trip to the…
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MLMC student’s LGBTQIA+ film screening petition goes global
One student from Mount Lilydale Mercy College has reached people all over the world with a petition to have her Year 12 film screened at…
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Lilydale man charged for Ferntree Gully fatal collision
Major Collision Investigation Unit detectives have charged a 44-year-old man following a fatal collision in Ferntree Gully on Saturday 27 August shortly after 5.30pm. The…
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Above average rainfall expected for large parts of Victoria over spring
The Australian Seasonal Bushfire Outlook for Spring, released on Wednesday 24 August, shows parts of the Dandenong Ranges and Yarra Ranges are expected to have…
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Primary school property damaged by vandals
Victoria Road Primary School has become the next vandalism victim with the school property damaged over the weekend of 27 and 28 August. Among the…
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Industrial action taken by Eastern Regional Libraries staff after year long EBA standstill
Seeking a three per cent pay rise, instead of the offered 1.8 per cent rise from Your Libraries, union members at Eastern Regional Libraries have…
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State Government announces nursing scholarships to support training of 17,000 new nurses and midwives
A $270 million investment from the State Government will attempt to recruit and train 17,000 new nurses and midwives, with more than 10,000 students having…
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Land to be sold to help purchase 150 Cambridge Road
Four parcels of land will be sold by Yarra Ranges Council even after objections from residents and councillors were raised. At the council meeting on…
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Pride flag to have permanent place at Civic Centre
Yarra Ranges Council celebrated an important milestone for Wear It Purple Day by raising the Pride flag to stand side by side with the Australian,…