Tag: News
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...
Calling out for volunteers
With the hardships of Covid-19 and government assistance now over, places like CIS Yarra Ranges op shop are seeing more and more people ask...
Local love for Mother’s day Classic
Yarra Valley residents will once again come together on Mother’s Day to celebrate and honour those affected by breast cancer and raise vital funds...
Gates gone by Christmas
The boom gates at both Mooroolbark and Lilydale are set to be gone before Christmas, with the Level Crossing Removal Project running “months ahead”...
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Interest rates stay on hold as inflation fears fester
Borrowers have been spared more mortgage pain following the Reserve Bank of Australia's decision to keep interest rates on hold for the fourth meeting...
