News
-
Wandin Silvan Field Days opens up opportunity for agribusiness
Despite drizzly conditions, Wandin Silvan Field Days packed out the Wandin East Recreation Reserve for the 2023 edition of the event. Held on Friday 13…
-
Increasing activity on the horizon for the Yarra Ranges
“A healthy community equals a happy community, and that’s what we’re all about,” The words of Yarra Ranges Councillor Andrew Fullagar sang true at the…
-
Enjoying the moment of helping others while learning something new
Some of Mount Lilydale Mercy College’s Year 9 students travelled to Healesville to lend a hand at the Nicholas Timms Retreat House on Wednesday 11…
-
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 Ranges…
-
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 shows knowledge…
-
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…
-
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…
-
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…
-
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.…
-
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…
-
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…
-
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…