16 Dec 08 | HEATHMONT bowlers will "pack punch" to this year's season to help combat drug and alcohol related issues in Maroondah.
16 Dec 08 | KALLISTA'S Uniting Church congregation's art gallery has officially opened after a year-long battle against objectors.
16 Dec 08 | IT was initially an American tradition for youths to barrack during the half-time break for their footballers, but the cheers, chants and dances have created a sport.
16 Dec 08 | KILSYTH basketballer Joel Naburgs will move to America in August to enrol in the 2009 Stetson University freshman class after winning a scholarship to play for the Hatters.
16 Dec 08 | POLICE caught 16 drink-drivers during an operation outside all-night fast food outlets in Ringwood last week.
16 Dec 08 | A POLITICAL expert believes the State Government's Transport Plan will not be a 'driving' issue at the next election, despite Melbourne's outer east missing out on major infrastructure upgrades.
16 Dec 08 | A CROYDON woman's calls for consumer protection laws covering 'lemon' cars and large machinery have failed.
Helen Moss says a number of faults with a new van she bought in 1997 could not be fixed.
16 Dec 08 | THE upgrade of Ringwood Aquatic Centre, ongoing infrastructure and the environment will be the focus of Maroondah Mayor Peter Gurr during the next 12 months.
16 Dec 08 | PUBLIC transport use may be booming throughout Melbourne but new figures reveal commuter numbers on train lines in Melbourne's outer east have grown the least.
16 Dec 08 | LONG delays in dental care for Maroondah's elderly has sparked calls by health-care organisations for more funding and better services.
16 Dec 08 | FINE art, jewellery, mosaics and ceramics will be on display as last-minute Christmas gift ideas at a Ringwood art centre this week.
16 Dec 08 | AGED care and senior health issues were high on the agenda at a Ringwood seniors forum last month.
16 Dec 08 | SCOTT Groner hits out for Upwey Ferntree Gully during a recent game against Fitzroy. After three completed innings the score was tied at 0-0.
16 Dec 08 | TOUGHER family violence protection laws launched last week are long overdue, says crime victims campaigner Noel McNamara.
16 Dec 08 | THE Australian Red Cross Blood Service has called on Maroondah residents to follow the lead of blood donor Lia Richardson, pictured with nurse Libby Hart, and make an early new year's r...
16 Dec 08 | RAIN and more rain washed out the Yarra Valley Cricket Association's games at the weekend as well as causing untold damage to many crops.
The weather also washed out the special inter-regi...
16 Dec 08 | THE carols by candlelight celebrations in Ainslie Park, Croydon, were a hit despite the weather.
16 Dec 08 | A WOMAN recovering from brain surgery is "devastated" by the removal of seating and facilities from a Melbourne Water-owned park in Kilsyth South.
16 Dec 08 | 2008 is almost consigned to history. We look at the year through our photographer's eyes.