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Aerial crew members are fighting a Friday afternoon forest fire in steep country near Nicholls Lookout, 3 kms SSE of Marysville on the Woods Point Rd on the way to Lake Mountain. Forest Fire Management personnel, supported by at least 14 CFA vehicles, are on scene, reports Peter Rice of Radio UGFM. Some smoke is
4.50pm Friday: The Yea-Kinglake district has been hit with an electricity outage. Some 2354 properties are affected in these area: Flowerdale, Ghin Ghin, Glenburn, Hazeldene, Homewood, Kerrisdale, Killingworth, Kinglake West, Limestone, Molesworth, Murrindindi, Seymour, Strath Creek, Tallarook, Tarcombe, Trawool, Whiteheads Creek, Yea. AusNet advises that estimated restoration time is 10.30pm Friday. The following areas are
Today – Friday, January 25 – is a day of Total Fire Ban across Victoria. Did you have trouble sleeping o vernight? Temperatures varied from 30.6° at midnight, and then actually rising through the night. The region is expecting temperatures of up to 45 degrees today. The Bureau predicts 45 – that’s 113 degrees in
A service with a special prayer focus will be held at St Luke’s Anglican Church, Yea, in remembrance of the Black Saturday fires The service will be held at 11am on Thursday, February 7. “We are holding a service of remembrance and reflection and to acknowledge the change and growth that has occurred,” said the Reverend Canon Eden-Elizabeth Nicholls
Lesley Monteath has resigned as one of the St.Luke’s Anglican Church Op Shop Co-ordinators at Yea, after many years of commitment and dedication. “We thank Lesley for the valuable contribution she has made to the life and ministry of the Op Shop and wish her well for the future,” said the Reverend Canon Eden-Elizabeth Nicholls
21,708 weekly readership The Local Paper looks like having one of its best-ever months for online readership. Average DAILY readership at the www.LocalPaper.com.au website so far in January is 1352. Projected monthly online readership requests for January is 41,912. An extra 488 page requests are already being made, on average, each day at the new
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The triple zero service is reminding Victorians this long weekend to familiarise themselves with green emergency markers when out in areas with no set addresses, such as beaches, parks and trails, in case they’re involved in an emergency. ESTA (Emergency Services Telecommunications Authority) has more than 3300 emergency markers registered in its Computer-Aided Dispatch system
Murrindindi Shire Council is advertising for a Technical Officer Asset Management Permanent Full Time – Band 5 The Council’s ad reads: “Are you technically minded and love GIS data – and the stories quality data can tell? “Murrindindi Shire Council is seeking a Technical Officer who would be responsible for assisting in the delivery of
Murrindindi Shire ratepayers who elected to pay their rates in full are reminded that payment is due by February 15. Ratepayers paying by instalment are reminded that the 3rd instalment is due by February 28. Direct debit payments are now available for payment of your annual rates and charges. Payments are deducted directly from your
