Tag: News
Saving Kilsyths parkland
Thousands of Kilsyth residents and business owners have rallied together in a fight to stop the state government selling a much-loved open community space...
Kinley attracts locals
It’s an exciting time for Lilydale and surrounds, with Melbourne’s newest suburb, Kinley, developing right on our doorsteps.
Situated between Hull Road and Maroondah Highway,...
Mooroolbark armed robbery
Six youths have been arrested after an armed robbery in Mooroolbark on Tuesday 11 May.
Investigators from the Pandilla Taskforce detectives have been told...
Scouts’ good deed for history
The Mafeking Tree located in Melba Park behind the Yarra Ranges Regional Museum has been standing tall for over 120 years.
On Saturday 8...
Running to raise money
When Kim Robin’s mother Maree was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2011, her world was shaken but instead of getting down, she decided to...
Olympic dream comes true
He's a local boy who grew up in Mooroolbark and went to high school in Lilydale but soon he’ll be taking the big stage...
Bayswater man’s big win
A Bayswater man couldn’t stop swearing on Monday 10 May when he received a call from with news he’d won almost $2 million in...
Scholarships awarded to local volunteers
Inspiro Community Health awarded four tertiary scholarships totalling $22,500 to health students in the Yarra Ranges on Thursday 28 April.
The Inspiro Tertiary Health...
Art teacher’s art success
Coming runner up in a national art competition was not something Jan Liesfield ever expected would happen.
But it did and she even won...
Park plans for Chirnside
Yarra Ranges councillors have unanimously voted to adopt a master plan for a new Chirnside Urban Park at Belsay Reserve in the 27 April...
Lilydale show gets a leg up
Lilydale Agricultural and Horticultural Society is one of 46 societies in Victoria to receive funding to update and improve facilities after not being able...
Plants with a positive impact
Mount Evelyn’s Yarra View Nursery has been awarded the contract to supply plants to both Lilydale and Mooroolbark’s skyrail stations.
The official announcement came...
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Indigenous-based symposium
The Yarra Ranges Council (YRC) hosted a national symposium to discuss the Indigenous knowledge systems building resilience.
The symposium Our Country - Our Way was...
