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<description><![CDATA[The latest from Maroondah Weekly]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Croydon's flood-hit areas get a leg up]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[FLOOD-affected property owners in Croydon can breathe a sigh of relief with Maroondah Council vowing to spend big on drainage improvements in its draft budget.

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<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Break-in at Ringwood East sports club]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Police are looking for witnesses to a break-in at a sports club on Mount Dandenong Road, Ringwood East, early last month.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Vaccine reminder for Maroondah parents]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Parents are being urged  to check their children's immunisation history to make sure they have received the updated pneumococcal vaccine.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Deadline for ratepayers]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[City of Maroondah ratepayers have been  reminded that the final instalment of their payment plan is due at the end of the month.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Kudos for Healesville Men's Shed]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[The Healesville Men's Shed has won an award for its community inclusiveness.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Pumped up]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Lilydale's Jay Pumpa tries to evade the tackle of Norwood's Hayden Jurey on Saturday.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Dancers foxtrot back to the good old days]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[SARAH Collins is kicking up her heels down memory lane. This Saturday, the Belgrave resident with a love of all things vintage is hosting an old-school dance night at the Kallista Mechanics Hall, harkening back to the original tea dances of the 1940s.

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<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[A treat for tots at  Sherbrooke Children's Centre]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Sherbrooke Children's Centre three-year-old pupils Alina, Marcus and Amy enjoy playing in the new centre's garden and playground.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Yarra Ranges: After three years, couple bale out of hill dream]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[AFTER three years waiting for approval to build in the Yarra Ranges, Nadia Roberts and Aaron Johnson have had enough.
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<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[In the slammer: Ringwood resident locks in fund-raising idea]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[RINGWOOD North resident Andrew Phillips is going to jail.
But not for any wrongdoing - in fact, quite the opposite.
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<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Maroondah fetes its volunteers]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Members of the Maroondah College jazz group perform at a Maroondah  Council luncheon held during National Volunteering Week.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Doctor faces class action over hep C infections]]></title>
<link>http://www.maroondahweekly.com.au/news/local/news/general/doctor-faces-class-action-over-hep-c-infections/2563342.aspx?src=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[A doctor who allegedly infected more than 50 women with hepatitis C at a Croydon medical  clinic has had a class action against him lodged in the Supreme Court of Victoria.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Maroondah youth get a piece of the action]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Maroondah Council youth program worker Polly Peters and year 10 student Michaela Timms got stuck into activities as part of the council's week-long young leaders program earlier this month.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[City's voice heard at municipal forum]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[MAROONDAH Council has had all four motions it submitted at the Municipal Association of Victoria state council meeting approved.
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<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Digging the garden at Dorset Primary School]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Dorset Primary School pupils Josephine, Liam and Tiani helped launch the Croydon school's Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden last Wednesday with Health Minister Tanya Plibersek.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Rate rise set at 5.6 per cent in Maroondah]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[RATEPAYERS in  Maroondah  could   face a 5.6per cent rise in rates outlined in the draft budget for 2012-13.
The draft budget was  tabled at the council last week.
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<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Sherbrooke Children’s Centre finally opened]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[AFTER years of campaigning by local families, the new Sherbrooke Children’s Centre in Upwey has officially opened.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 04:51:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Croydon clinic, doctor face Hep-C class action]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[A CLASS action against a doctor who allegedly infected more than 50 women with hepatitis C at a Croydon abortion clinic has been lodged in the Supreme Court.
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<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 05:03:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Out of Africa]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Young Africans who had a hard start in life have established themselves in Melbourne.  Melissa Cunningham finds that their new struggle is against stereotypes.
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 07:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[5.6% rate rise proposed for Maroondah]]></title>
<link>http://www.maroondahweekly.com.au/news/local/news/general/56-rate-rise-proposed-for-maroondah/2556528.aspx?src=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[RATEPAYERS in the City of Maroondah could face a 5.6 per cent rise in rates after the council approved its draft 2012-13 budget last night.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 00:41:00 GMT</pubDate>
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