News
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Drivers urged to stay safe these holidays
Mount Evelyn residents are being urged to stay safe and drive sensibly as we head into one of the most dangerous times of the year…
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Donation helps Cire school keep hygiene safe
Mount Evelyn’s Cire Community School last week received a large donation of hygiene supplies to keep students healthy and safe this year and next. A…
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VicRoads in Mooroolbark shutting down next year
Mount Evelyn learner drivers will have to travel double the distance to sit their licence test with the closure of the nearest testing centre scheduled…
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Split vote for deferred subdivision in Mount Evelyn
A subdivision application for Mount Evelyn has divided the council at the last meeting of the year, seeing a deferral motion put forward and approved…
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Some restrictions ease for unvaccinated Victorians
Mount Evelyn residents will be able to enjoy some new freedoms under eased Covid-19 restrictions. New pandemic orders under the Public Health and Wellbeing Act…
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Kokoda trek to be awarded to one lucky student
The Cowey-Selman Kokoda Award is returning for 2022 to give a Yarra Ranges Year 11 student the opportunity to win a fully funded scholarship to…
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Yarra Ranges Council Fire Slash Program continues
Yarra Ranges Council and contractors are cutting roadside grass to cut back winter growth, as part of its annual Fire Slash program. The program, which…
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Uprooted trees provide habitat for fish
Yarra Ranges Council has joined Bushfire Recovery Victoria and Victorian Fisheries to provide tree stumps and root balls from fallen storm trees to create native…
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Protesting for the rights of refugees
On international human rights day, grandmothers and fathers from all over the Yarra Ranges gathered at the office of Tony Smith in Chirnside Park to…
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Logs ablaze in Montrose fire
Fire fighters were called to the first major grass fire of the season on Monday 13 December with multiple crews battling the blaze in the…
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Where to spot Santa when he comes to town
Montrose Christmas Eve in Montrose wouldn’t be the same without the sound of Santa coming on the back of the truck. This year won’t be…
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The State Government forms the first landscape conservation area
Some 3,000 hectares of biodiversity rich land and water frontages throughout the Yarra Ranges and Cardinia Shire will be preserved under a new ten year…