Senior Citizen Clubs asked council for more help
Local senior citizen clubs are struggling with making ends meet and asking for more support from the Yarra Ranges Council (YRC).
Yarra Valley Combined Seniors...
Amendment approved to help speed up the rebuilding process
A review of the Erosion Management Overlay (EMO) has received approval by the Minister for Planning which now means those few residents unable to...
Childcare places remain hard to come by in Casey
The availability of childcare remains dire in large parts of Australia with the Casey electorate and other outer-eastern areas no stranger to the struggle...
Encouraging students to embrace Anzac spirit
Victorian students are encouraged to explore how Victorians came together to build the Shrine of Remembrance and other war memorials as part of the...
Silent thief of sight, glaucoma
There’s an eye disease taking hold of 300,000 Australians, with more than half going about their day-to-day lives without a diagnosis or the knowledge...
Another telecomm tower approved for Chirnside Park
The promise of better connection has outweighed potential visual bulk of a new telecommunications tower in Chirnside Park.
Approving the planning application for a...
Saws down as state’s forest logging firm gets the chop
A state-owned forestry company is being wound up after a ban on logging native trees, legal troubles and battles with environment and wildlife groups.
Victoria's...
Students facing hardship at Box Hill Institute supported after celebrity chef fundraiser
Box Hill Institute raised $17,500 to help students struggling to make ends meet with the help of their alumni and celebrity chefs Guy Grossi...
Welcome to the CriBB, Bridge Builders’ newest venture
For the last 12 months, youth support organisation Bridge Builders has been embarking on a new venture to provide more opportunities for young people...
Frustrated story reborn as good lesson
The story of a Yarra Ranges resident becomes the basic source of a course for Year 11 and 12 students in Victoria.
James Wood has...
Cat desexing grants opened to help councils tackle overpopulation
At the start of March, the Victorian Government announced a renewed push to address the overpopulation of cats with a $300,000 trial program and...
Alternative motion quashes concerns about ‘vexatious requests’ and ‘serial complainants’ at Yarra Ranges Council...
Yarra Ranges councillors have discussed some key proposals they hope to put forward to the Municipal Association of Victoria (MAV) as motions for the...
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10 years of Angel Boxes for babies taken too soon
Ten years and hundreds of hand crafted and painted Angel Boxes later, Croydon Men’s Shed has been instrumental in supporting families grieving the loss...
