Extra protections granted for Lilydale’s heritage sites
Extra heritage protection has been granted by Yarra Ranges Council for significant trees and properties across Lilydale.
After the proposed change of the Yarra...
New data highlights alarming cervical screening knowledge gap in regional Victoria
Cancer Council Victoria is reminding regional Victorian women and people with a cervix about the importance of regular cervical screening, as new research...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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Discovery Day at Ghilgai Steiner School, Kilsyth’s hidden gem
Tucked away among the trees on the high side of Liverpool Road in Kilsyth, there stands a remarkable little school that has been quietly...
