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Valley sports clubs, rail links to benefit - Upper Yarra Mail
Valley sports clubs, rail links to benefitUpper Yarra MailBy MARA PATTISON-SOWDEN THE Yarra Valley will see a host of smaller projects being funded in the Yarra Ranges Council budget for 2012/13. Ratepayers will see a number of minor improvements around sports grounds, car parks and footpaths as well as the ...and more »

Black news on Yarra Ranges rates - Lilydale and Yarra Valley Leader
Black news on Yarra Ranges ratesLilydale and Yarra Valley LeaderYARRA Ranges ratepayers are set to be hit with a 5.7 per cent rates rise, which could have been a lot less if a councillor had his way at a controversial meeting last week. Yarra Ranges councillors endorsed the 2012-13 proposed budget last week, ...Capital cash worksRanges Trader MailBudget belt tightFerntree Gully, Belgrave MailMonbulk soccer club closer to goalMaroondah Weeklyall 9 news articles »

forgotten fire town mourns again - The Age
The Ageforgotten fire town mourns againThe AgeHe's from a community health service in Ringwood with reach to the Yarra Ranges and, indirectly, Kinglake. His reason was not the suicides but "the ripple effect of knowledge of them". Kinglake, Durkin says, is "fragile, vulnerable and volatile.and more »

CFA nod for house - Ranges Trader Mail
CFA nod for houseRanges Trader MailBy EMMA SUN A THIRD hills family has been given the go ahead by Yarra Ranges Council to build their family home, despite bushfire fears. Almost three years ago, young New Zealand couple Nadia Roberts and Aaron Johnson bought their half-acre, ...and more »

HAVE YOUR SAY: Dark on pulling shire plug - Lilydale and Yarra Valley Leader
HAVE YOUR SAY: Dark on pulling shire plugLilydale and Yarra Valley LeaderA YARRA Ranges councillor has attacked the state for deferring its multi-million dollar green light plan for the shire's street lights. The Government announced it had deferred funding from its $20 million Green Light Plan scheme in the State Budget.and more »

Yarra Ranges police get in public's Facebook - Free Press Leader
Free Press LeaderYarra Ranges police get in public's FacebookFree Press LeaderPOLICE in Yarra Ranges have their eyes on the tech generation with a Facebook page to tell residents what's happening in the area. Yarra Ranges police service area boss Insp Paul Rosenblum said the “eyewatch” Facebook page would empower people to ...

Yarra Valley growers denied fruit defence - Weekly Times Now
Yarra Valley growers denied fruit defenceWeekly Times NowMOVES to ease restrictions on erecting hail nets to protect fruit crops in the Yarra Valley appear to have stalled. The Shire of Yarra Ranges has a planning policy that "horticultural structures not exceed a site coverage of 60 per cent" in the green ...

Boost for hills childcare - Ranges Trader Mail
Boost for hills childcareRanges Trader MailChildren and Early Childhood Development Minister Wendy Lovell, Monbulk MP James Merlino, Yarra Ranges councillors, council staff, and parents celebrated the opening of the Upwey redevelopment's first stage on Wednesday 9 May.and more »

Yarra Ranges draft budget sets 5.7% rate rise - Maroondah Weekly
Yarra Ranges draft budget sets 5.7% rate riseMaroondah WeeklyBY MELISSA CUNNINGHAM Councillors were remaining tight lipped about the pending budget but Cr Len Cox did reveal to the Weekly that the carbon tax and landfill levy would add an extra 1.5percent to the rates, expected to increase by 4.2 percent.Yarra Ranges in for 5.7 per cent rate riseLeader Newsall 3 news articles »

HAVE YOUR SAY: Yarra Ranges trees get a pick-me-up - Free Press Leader
HAVE YOUR SAY: Yarra Ranges trees get a pick-me-upFree Press LeaderRESIDENTS forced to wait weeks for fallen trees to be removed may soon get some relief from Yarra Ranges council. The council has allocated an extra $300000 for such works in the 2012/13 council budget after three major storms since Christmas created ...and more »

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