Cherries galore at Taggerty
Saturday, December 8, 2018
Florine Piron, who moved to Taggerty from Belgium two years, manned the Cathedral Cherries roadside stand today (Sat.).
Archives for December 2018
Disability day at Flowerdale
Friday, December 7, 2018
Students from Flowerdale Primary School celebrated International Day of People with Disability on Wednesday (Dec. 5). Mayor Sandice McAulay said IDPwD is all about increasing the understanding and acceptance of people with disability and increasing public awareness of the issues people with disabilities face. “This was the fourth year Council’s Access and Inclusion Committee celebrated
Murrindindi’s recycled Christmas tree
Murrindindi Shire Council’s Resource Recovery Centre operators Janet Layfield, Roger Scorah and Dimii Kontos salvaged a discarded Christmas tree from the Alexandra Scrap Shack. The creative trio also made a variety of decorations from recyclable items. The tree can be seen at the Alexandra Community Christmas Tree Festival.
5 vehicles respond to Yea fire
Five emergency fire vehicles are responding this morning to a fire reported at Langs Rd, Limestone, south of Yea. More to come.
Rotary recognises outstanding students
Rotary Club of Alexandra’s students’ award night. was held on Wednesday (Dec. 5). The awards recognise citizenship and involvement in the student’s community. There was one from each of Alexandra, Buxton, Eildon, Marysville , St. Mary’s Year Six primary school students, and Alexandra Secondary College Year 12. Yhe awardees for 2018 all were outstanding young
McLeish elected as Deputy Liberal Leader
Thursday, December 6, 2018
Eildon MLA Cindy McLeish has been today (Thurs.) chosen as Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party in the Victorian Legislative Assembly. The Age reports that Ms McLeish said the party had much work to do to reconnect with the community and strengthen its brand. It also needed to work towards greater diversity, she said. “That’s
$10,000 fines for tree poisioning
Two Plenty landowners have each been fined $10,000 in the Magistrates Court for failing to protect two 100-year-old heritage-protected oak trees from being poisoned. Nillumbik Council officers identified a number of separate, deliberate attempts to poison the trees between September and November 2017. Both trees died.
‘Best across three states’: Local Paper reader
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Whittlesea assault: Crimestoppers alert
Wednesday, December 5, 2018
Police are seeking to identify two men and a woman after an alleged assault in Whittlesea earlier this year. Crimestoppers has issued the plea about the incident that occurred on Saturday, July 28. At around 7.10pm, a man attended a Church Street fish and chip shop before becoming involved in a dispute with two unknown
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