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Celtic traditions celebrated in Croydon
Croydon’s Eastfield Park was buzzing with all thing is Celtic on Sunday 24 March as the annual Melbourne Highland Games and Celtic Festival returned to…
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Library closures for Easter
Your Library is encouraging locals to stock up on books as well as chocolate for the Easter break as most libraries will be temporarily closed…
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Community op shops continuing to face closures
A concerning rise in the number of community op shops having shut down or facing closure has arisen in the Yarra Ranges and beyond, despite…
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Almost all Operation Sandon recommendations adopted to crack down on planning and council corruption
The Victorian Government has taken the first step in response to the July 2023 Operation Sandon report from the Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission (IBAC), which…
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Improving the habitat for visitors at Benwerren
Benwerren is benefiting from some good old-fashioned hard yakka courtesy of Habitat for Humanity volunteers. 13 days’ worth of volunteer work has helped finish a…
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Crime rises across Yarra Valley and Dandenong Ranges
The Crime Statistics Agency has released its annual crime data for 2023, showing that criminal incidents rose in the Yarra Ranges and Knox for the…
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Fun drive with 70-year-old vehicle
Lovers of a military vehicle enjoyed driving in Yarra Valley. Austin Champ is a 1/4 ton truck built from 1952 to 1955 and used by…
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Next phase for Knoxbrooke’s Outsource a sign of growth
The vision of growing Knoxbrooke’s Outsource social enterprise has come to life in the new Bayswater factory location, with the grand opening an exciting step…
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Clean bill of health for wild platypus snagged by fishhook
Healesville Sanctuary veterinarians are proving they have nerves of steel after delicately removing a fishhook from the bill of a wild Platypus. The female monotreme…
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More funding for local environmental projects
The Government is boosting funding for community-driven environmental projects to protect and restore Victoria’s precious natural environment into the future. Minister for Environment Steve Dimopoulos…
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Hit a trail, try a class, get moving for Active April
The cooler temperatures of autumn may be showing up but health organisations across the Yarra Ranges are encouraging people this April to not let that…
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Valley brigades to the rescue
As fires raged throughout Ballarat and across the Grampians Central Highlands in recent weeks, brigades have been rushing from far and wide to assist, and…