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News


  • Your Library releases new four-year strategic plan

    Your Library releases new four-year strategic plan

    Upper Yarra Star Mail

    Your Library Limited has launched its new four-year strategic plan, setting a clear and confident direction for one of Victoria’s largest public library services. The…

  • Police seeking Leslie Scott McMaster

    Police seeking Leslie Scott McMaster

    Mountain Views Star Mail

    Leslie Scott McMaster is wanted on Warrants. Police are seeking the whereabouts of 42-year-old Leslie McMaster who is wanted on warrants relating to theft, driving,…

  • Voting now open for Community Calendar Competition

    Voting now open for Community Calendar Competition

    Upper Yarra Star Mail

    Voting for the Upper Yarra Community Competition opens on Sunday 14 September. The winning entries will have their pictures featured on the 2026 Warburton and…

  • Search continues for missing Croydon man Mark

    Search continues for missing Croydon man Mark

    Lilydale Star Mail

    Police are searching Big River State Forrest as part of the ongoing investigation into the disappearance of Croydon man Mark. The 62-year-old was last seen…

  • Road strike under review

    Road strike under review

    Ranges Trader Star Mail

    Emerald resident and wildlife rescuer Leanne Sultana has welcomed a major step forward in the fight against the escalating wildlife roadstrike crisis along Wellington Road,…

  • Protecting schools from bushfire season

    Protecting schools from bushfire season

    Upper Yarra Star Mail

    Local schools have received grants from the Victorian government to clear vegetation growth and reduce the risk of fire for the upcoming bushfire season. Badger…

  • Cultivating a community vision at the Montrose People’s Garden

    Cultivating a community vision at the Montrose People’s Garden

    Lilydale Star Mail

    The vision and future design of Montrose’s much-loved People’s Garden will be based on the stories, memories and uses shared by the community until 3…

  • New owner sought for Grants Cafe

    New owner sought for Grants Cafe

    Ranges Trader Star Mail

    Sherbrooke’s much-loved picnic ground cafe is now closed, as Parks Victoria work behind the scenes to find a new operator to take the reins. The…

Sport


  • Yarra Glen plays for pride

    Yarra Glen plays for pride

    Mountain Views Star Mail

    Yarra Glen travelled to Warburton to take on the Warburton-Millgrove Burras in the last home and away games for the season. With all the netball…

  • Playing for grand final berth

    Playing for grand final berth

    Mountain Views Star Mail

    Whilst the senior women were preparing to take on Upwey at Yarra Junction, with a grand final berth up for grabs, the rest of the…

  • Coldstream FNC shines in huge weekend of finals

    Coldstream FNC shines in huge weekend of finals

    Mountain Views Star Mail

    Coldstream Football Netball Club enjoyed a massive weekend of finals action, with four teams flying the Coldstream flag across grand finals and a crucial preliminary…

  • Rovers and Warby Wesburn a glorious step from perfection

    Rovers and Warby Wesburn a glorious step from perfection

    Upper Yarra Star Mail

    It’s been four long years in the making but Mt Evelyn looks set to claim its first Outer East Women’s Division 1 premiership when the…

  • Barkers fall to Skye for the first time in 10 matches

    Barkers fall to Skye for the first time in 10 matches

    Lilydale Star Mail

    A dull Saturday at the Kennel saw Barkers (fifth) host Skye United (fourth). Barkers made two enforced changes to the side that lost 0-2 at…

  • Red-hot victories for Healesville

    Red-hot victories for Healesville

    Mountain Views Star Mail

    Firsts close in on title, Senior Women make it six in a row and U16s angle for season runners-up in weekend thrillers. Healesville Men’s Firsts…

Entertainment


  • Merv’s top recommendations and favourite reads

    Merv’s top recommendations and favourite reads

    Ranges Trader Star Mail

    Which book have you just finished or are currently reading? What did you think? The book I’ve just finished reading is Mental State by Dr…

  • Monbulk’s masterpiece in Main Street

    Monbulk’s masterpiece in Main Street

    Ferntree Gully Belgrave Star Mail

    The township of Monbulk celebrated the unveiling of the ‘Community Keys Piano’ on Thursday, 14 August, embodying the true spirit of the town’s creativity and…

  • Healing hikes, painted paths

    Healing hikes, painted paths

    Ferntree Gully Belgrave Star Mail

    Dandenong Ranges artist and educator Rain White is inviting the community to connect with nature, memory, and healing through her solo exhibition Bushwalk, currently showing…

  • Live to Ground introduces Victorian music scene

    Live to Ground introduces Victorian music scene

    Upper Yarra Star Mail

    Live to Ground is on air from 9pm to midnight every Tuesday at Yarra Valley FM, focused on the music scene in Victoria. The radio…

  • Connecting community to country

    Connecting community to country

    Ranges Trader Star Mail

    Upper Ferntree Gully writer and illustrator Amandine Thomas is inviting the community to slow down, sharpen their senses, and reconnect with nature through Wild Wanderings…

  • Collaborate! unites Yarra Ranges choirs in a celebration of music and community

    Collaborate! unites Yarra Ranges choirs in a celebration of music and community

    Lilydale Star Mail

    The musical prowess of some of the Yarra Ranges’ most established choirs will be on show at the end of this month as they come…

More News


  • Knox4Palestine welcomes recognition but calls for more action

    Knox4Palestine welcomes recognition but calls for more action

    Ranges Trader Star Mail

    Australia will formally recognise Palestinian statehood in a significant diplomatic step aimed at ending suffering and violence in Gaza, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced on…

  • Lilydale’s Melissa Hale appointed to Victorian Disability Advisory Council

    Lilydale’s Melissa Hale appointed to Victorian Disability Advisory Council

    Lilydale Star Mail

    A Lilydale local and Mooroolbark Cricket Club player has been appointed to the Victorian Disability Advisory Council (VDAC), set to help provide policy and strategic…

  • Cults under inquiry

    Cults under inquiry

    Mountain Views Star Mail

    Hearings for an Australia-first parliamentary inquiry into cults wrapped up on 31 July after submissions from Victorians all over the state, including one influential case…

  • Awe Inspiring ‘Mimosa House’!

    Awe Inspiring ‘Mimosa House’!

    Ferntree Gully Belgrave Star Mail

    If you are looking for the most stunning property on the mountain – this is it! This exceptional home resides on nearly an acre with…

  • Healesville wants urgent care

    Healesville wants urgent care

    Upper Yarra Star Mail

    There are hopes the tender for the Casey Urgent Care Clinic (UCC) site will still consider applications from surrounding towns after an advance tender notice…

  • Defibrillator donations for the heart of the community

    Defibrillator donations for the heart of the community

    Ferntree Gully Belgrave Star Mail

    Upwey Community Bank has donated two life-saving portable defibrillators to Belgrave Police Station, which are now available to both officers and the public. Senior Sergeant…