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News
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Lilydale speed limit lowered to 40km/hour
Lilydale Star MailThe speed limit through Lilydale’s main drag will be lowered to 40km/hour in a move touted as a way to improve safety. Transport Victoria crews…
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Asthma suffers urged to prepare this thunderstorm asthma season
Ranges Trader Star MailAsthma Australia is urging people with asthma or hay fever to take steps now to protect themselves, as south-eastern Australia enters its high-risk thunderstorm asthma…
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‘Everlasting regret’ truckie to be jailed for bus crash
Lilydale Star MailA truck driver has asked to begin serving prison time before he is sentenced, as he struggles to come to terms with driving a 62-tonne…
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Drivers warned as school returns
Upper Yarra Star MailSchool zone speed limits are in place again as Term 4 of 2025 commences on Monday 6 October, with drivers on the road in the…
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Change your smoke alarm and stay alive
Ranges Trader Star MailWith an alarming 3000 house fires occurring in Victoria annually – that’s almost ten house fires every single day – RACV is encouraging Victorians to…
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Yarra Ranges residents drive fire mitigation efforts
Ranges Trader Star MailOn the topic of bushfire risk, research and emergency plans, the roles of governmental departments, councils and CFAs tend to appear front and centre. The…
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Community wanted to help decide Gruyere Primary School’s future
Upper Yarra Star MailThe State Government is consulting with the community as it determines the future of Gruyere Primary School. A letter from the Department of Education was…
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Where and when? CFA Community meetings and events across the Yarra Ranges.
Upper Yarra Star MailAccording to the Country Fire Authority, Victoria is heading into what is expected to be a challenging fire season. Encouraging residents and property owners to…
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Daylight savings to kick in this weekend
Mountain Views Star MailIt’s that time of year again where clocks will be set forward an hour giving us all some extra afternoon light. From Sunday 5 October…
Sport
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Mounters kick off season in fine fashion
Lilydale Star MailSix months is a long wait to return to the field, so it was with much anticipation that cricket would return to the field last…
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Spotlight on the unbeaten
Ranges Trader Star MailIn a rare sporting feat, four local clubs across the Dandenongs, Hills and Yarra Valley have completed perfect seasons in 2025, each going through their…
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Brodie shoots a gold medal
Mount Evelyn Star MailYering District Archers’ Ethan Brodie came back from New Zealand with brilliant results. Brodie has been into archery for seven years, and he finally made…
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Exciting new era for Monbulk Bowls
Ranges Trader Star MailWith the spring and summer sunshine not far away, the change in weather signals that the lawn bowls season is nearly upon us. This year,…
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On top of the world: Daniel Sanders is the 2025 World Rally-Raid Champion
Upper Yarra Star MailThe Yarra Ranges motorbike prodigy, Daniel “Chucky” Sanders, has been crowned the Rally GP champion after winning the Portugal 2025 World Rally-Raid, making him the…
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Warby bowls preps for upcoming season
Upper Yarra Star MailThe Warburton Bowls Club is eagerly looking forward to the start of the 2025/2026 Summer Pennant Season with training already started on Thursdays from 4.30pm.…
Entertainment
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Yarra Valley Open Studios celebrates its return, offering a rare opportunity to meet artists in their creative spaces
Upper Yarra Star MailThe popular annual Yarra Valley Open Studios event is back, inviting visitors to step behind the scenes and connect with the region’s vibrant creative community.…
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Upper Ferntree Gully Avid Theatre unleashes Reservoir Dogs
Ranges Trader Star MailFerntree Gully’s own Avid Theatre is set to electrify local audiences with an independent stage production of Quentin Tarantino’s cult classic Reservoir Dogs, running from…
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Come to Cipher and enjoy the magic of language
Mountain Views Star MailCipher, a new exhibition in The Memo, has been unveiled, showing the magic of language through a collection of puzzles, animal illustrations, and an interactive…
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Decades of art on show in Gembrook
Ranges Trader Star MailGembrook visual artist, Lesley Dickman is inviting the public into her personal creative world, opening her home studio on October 25–26 and the following weekend…
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One more presenter at Yarra Valley FM, Mark Riddell
Upper Yarra Star MailThe past 25 years of experience on Yarra Valley FM have been “fantastic” for Mark Riddell. The opportunity of being a radio presenter came to…
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Prepare for on stage delight
Mountain Views Star MailThe 1812 Theatre Speaking in Tongues Nine lives weave together on ways known and unknown in Andrew Bovell’s piercing drama Speaking in Tongues. Leon is…
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Yarra Centre courts back open
Upper Yarra Star MailThe basketball courts at the Yarra Centre have reopened after resurfacing works. The Yarra Centre announced the reopening on its Facebook page on 3 October.…
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Five years of bird data at Yellingbo
Upper Yarra Star MailHalf a decade of citizen science efforts has been released as conservationists continue to learn more about Victoria’s birdlife. The Friends of the Helmeted Honeyeater’s…
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‘An incredible gift’: Warby Weapons celebrate its awards night
Upper Yarra Star MailProud parents celebrated with ecstatic children during an awards night that revealed the heart at the core of the Warby Weapons Basketball Club. Players and…
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99 tales and a bottle of champagne to celebrate Dawn Rooke’s birthday
Mount Evelyn Star MailFrom a chance meeting with Marilyn Monroe to administering first aid to firefighters in some of Victoria’s worst disasters, Dawn Rooke has seen and done…
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Tea, talk and mateship at Emerald
Ranges Trader Star MailAs part of this year’s Victorian Seniors Festival, Fernlea Community House in Emerald is extending a warm invitation to local men aged 60 and over…
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Clematis artist captures the spirit of Emerald Glades resident
Ranges Trader Star MailA chance encounter on a sunny day in Emerald has sparked a connection that now hangs proudly on the wall of an aged care resident’s…