Ferntree Gully Belgrave Star Mail

  • Private works, public tribute

    Private works, public tribute

    For most of his life, Emerald artist, Stewart MacInnes quietly created in the background with painting, sculpting, drawing and writing poetry not for fame, but…

  • Paranoid and the Androids go live

    Paranoid and the Androids go live

    A special broadcast hit the airwaves last week in the Yarra Ranges, celebrating incredible young talent ahead of the Hilltop festival on Sunday 15 September.…

  • The Mountain Howlers rock on

    The Mountain Howlers rock on

    A special broadcast hit the airwaves last week in the Yarra Ranges, celebrating incredible young talent ahead of the Hilltop festival on Sunday 15 September.…

  • Tragic head on collision in Lysterfield

    Tragic head on collision in Lysterfield

    A traumatic road accident has seen a woman lose her life overnight in Lysterfield, one man airlifted to hospital with major injuries, and another taken…

  • Belgrave Police seek eastern suburbs man

    Belgrave Police seek eastern suburbs man

    Police are appealing for public assistance to locate 39-year-old David Rellim, who is currently wanted on 21 warrants. Rellim is sought in connection with a…

  • Q and A with Almost June

    Q and A with Almost June

    A special broadcast hit the airwaves last week in the Yarra Ranges, celebrating incredible young talent ahead of the Hilltop festival on Sunday 15 September.…

  • Posthumous exhibition for rarely seen local art

    Posthumous exhibition for rarely seen local art

    The work of an Emerald artist who dedicated a lifetime to expression outside of the limelight has been posthumously revealed to the Dandenongs’ ecstatic creatives.…

  • Bin it or face years behind bars: Vic machete ban begins

    Bin it or face years behind bars: Vic machete ban begins

    Victoria’s ban on machetes has begun, with penalties of up to two years’ jail or a fine of more than $47,000 for people who break…

  • A bloom with a view

    A bloom with a view

    Snuggled between the hills of Emerald and Cockatoo, a ten-acre hillside garden that’s been quietly evolving for nearly five decades will open its gates to…

  • Help arrives after advocacy for home care packages

    Help arrives after advocacy for home care packages

    Some respite for older Australians is incoming as the Australian Government works towards a new Support at Home program for older Australians, with 20,000 home…

  • Emerald’s Jessica Brown named Australia’s Pharmacy Assistant of the Year

    Emerald’s Jessica Brown named Australia’s Pharmacy Assistant of the Year

    The Pharmacy Guild of Australia has named Jessica Brown from Emerald Village Pharmacy in Melbourne, Victoria, as its 2025 Pharmacy Assistant of the Year (PATY).…

  • Funding boost for Menzies Creek Primary

    Funding boost for Menzies Creek Primary

    Menzies Creek Primary School is receiving a much-needed boost, with more than $1.15 million in state government funding on the way to help upgrade two…