News
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Busy Easter period for Mooroolbark CFA
The Easter weekend, into early April, kept Mooroolbark CFA busy with house fires, car fires and an accident all requiring their services. Brigade captain Mark…
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Early flu season calls for people to prepare
The Pharmacy Guild of Australia is urging all eligible Australians to get their flu shot following an alarming number of flu cases across the country.…
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Help shape the future of mental health in Yarra Ranges
Lilydale’s Mental Health and Wellbeing Local is a new, progressive mental health and wellbeing service that is coming later this year, and the front door…
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Speak up on council plan
Yarra Ranges Council (YRC) is asking for community members to share their thoughts, time and expertise to help develop the 2025-2029 Council Plan. Councillors endorsed…
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Picnic time for teddies
Bringing people together to make better community connections is the premise of a teddy bear picnic that will be hosted in Kilsyth. The initiative of…
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Decades of service to the region’s museum
While Lilydale is now known for its regional museum, it wasn’t always the case, only forming after a push from art lovers and historians to…
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Severe weather warning issued for Tuesday
VicEmergency has issued a severe weather warning for people in North East and parts of Central, East Gippsland, North Central, West and South Gippsland and…
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Push for bike trail funds
The Olinda Bike Trail Committee has been pushing for more funding to get cyclists off the roads in the Dandenongs through a proposal for a…
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$1.8m effort from the CFA
CFA volunteers were seen in trucks and at traffic lights across the state on Good Friday, raising money in their local communities for The Royal…
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Critical labor shortage
Latest apprenticeship and trainee data reaffirms building and construction industry concerns that we are facing a critical labor shortage in the midst of a housing…
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Kids to hit the books for Premiers’ Reading Challenge
The Victorian Government is calling on all Victorian children and young people to explore, learn and enjoy the world through reading as they embark on…
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Two recycling events for old textiles
Yarra Ranges residents have the ability to dispose of old textile products such as clothes, towels, sheets, shoes, blankets and other unwanted fabrics for free,…