Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Friday, September 16, 2011
Hot time for Coldstream | Upper Yarra Mail | Star News Group Local community news
Hot time for Coldstream | Upper Yarra Mail | Star News Group Local community news
COLDSTREAM under-15s pulled off a nail-biting two-goal win in the LYVMA grand final on Saturday.
Going in as the underdogs against the undefeated Montrose girls, both teams held their own in an excitement-packed see-saw game with scores tied on the final siren.
With emotions running high as each team readied for the five-minute-each-end decider, Coldstream held its nerve to claim the flag.
Comment : Go Boys!
COLDSTREAM under-15s pulled off a nail-biting two-goal win in the LYVMA grand final on Saturday.
Going in as the underdogs against the undefeated Montrose girls, both teams held their own in an excitement-packed see-saw game with scores tied on the final siren.
With emotions running high as each team readied for the five-minute-each-end decider, Coldstream held its nerve to claim the flag.
Comment : Go Boys!
Passing of a | Upper Yarra Mail | Star News Group Local community news
Passing of a | Upper Yarra Mail | Star News Group Local community news
HOW, in just a couple of hundred words, do you pay tribute to a person who touched so many lives throughout almost 93 years?
To read the full story click on the TITLE above.
HOW, in just a couple of hundred words, do you pay tribute to a person who touched so many lives throughout almost 93 years?
To read the full story click on the TITLE above.
Legacy of Pamela, Lady Vestey - People - News - Lilydale & Yarra Valley Leader
Legacy of Pamela, Lady Vestey - People - News - Lilydale & Yarra Valley Leader
Pamela’s love of Coldstream and the Yarra Valley saw her support many local organisations - the Yering Primary School that her sons, Sam and Mark, attended; the Coldstream Fire Brigade; Lilydale Red Cross; Tullamore Aged Care; the Lilydale & District Historical Society of which she was a life member and its patron and the society’s museum, now the Yarra Ranges Regional Museum.
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Pamela’s love of Coldstream and the Yarra Valley saw her support many local organisations - the Yering Primary School that her sons, Sam and Mark, attended; the Coldstream Fire Brigade; Lilydale Red Cross; Tullamore Aged Care; the Lilydale & District Historical Society of which she was a life member and its patron and the society’s museum, now the Yarra Ranges Regional Museum.
To read the full story click on the TITLE above.
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Coldstream taps are left running - Local News - News - Lilydale & Yarra Valley Leader
Coldstream taps are left running - Local News - News - Lilydale & Yarra Valley Leader
The figure was significantly above the 406 litres average recorded
across Yarra Valley Water’s jurisdiction in 2010-11, despite Coldstream
residents cutting their use by 13 per cent.
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COLDSTREAM residents are the shire’s biggest water guzzlers, with every household using an average of 480 litres a day.
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Comment: I am always confused when the word Coldstream is used in a broad sense. Do they mean the COLDSTREAM ESTATE or properties with a 3770 postcode.
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
CFA
Coldstream
Fire Brigade were quickly on the scene of a shed fire in Murrac Street last
Saturday.
Backed up
by units from Lilydale, they quickly had the fire under control, saving the
fence and a boat next door. The fire
damaged the contents of the shed and a vehicle stored behind the shed.
Attached
are some pictures of the action.
Comment: We love our CFA
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Help wanted for needy animals
Help wanted for needy animals
13 Sep, 2011 04:00 AM
ANIMAL welfare group Animal Aid is calling on eastern suburbs
residents to volunteer at one of its shelters in Coldstream, Bairnsdale
or Sale.
Volunteers can help by spending time with animals, assisting
with cleaning and feeding, or helping out with administration,
gardening, maintenance and laundry duties.
Animal Aid general
manager Nell Thompson said the service has 420 volunteers Victoria-wide,
but is urging more people to get involved. For more information, call
9739 0300.
http://www.melbourneweeklyeastern.com.au/news/local/news/general/help-wanted-for-needy-animals/2289208.aspx
Friday, September 09, 2011
Council needs time to weigh up green zone - Council - News - Mordialloc Chelsea Leader
Council needs time to weigh up green zone - Council - News - Mordialloc Chelsea Leader
KINGSTON council needs more time to respond to Planning Minister Matthew Guy’s controversial offer to extend housing growth boundaries into protected green-wedge-zoned land.
Mr Guy has asked for submissions by the end of November, but Kingston Mayor Ron Brownlees said the council hoped to reply in March next year, when it had completed its long-awaited Green Wedge Management Plan.
Wednesday, September 07, 2011
Death of Lady Vestey cuts last ties to our greatest diva
TO THE world, Dame Nellie Melba was an opera diva, but to her only
grandchild, Pamela Vestey, she was her loving, playful granny.
Lady Vestey, who died on Friday, aged 92, was one of the last ''living links'' to Melba.
She was not a city socialite or an overt philanthropist. ''She was very
much a country woman, and very devoted to local affairs and people in
Lilydale.'' A private Yarra Valley funeral will be held on Friday for
Lady Vestey, a great-grandmother of five.
Deeply involved
YARRA Ranges Council will launch a program encouraging residents to
monitor local waterways this month. The program, called Yarra Ranges
Waterwatch, asks for resident help monitoring waterways, with
information gathered helping Melbourne Water manage waterways. It
launches on September 17 at the Lillydale Lake Community Room from noon.
The event features a bus tour of the Little Stringybark Creek Project.
Bookings are essential: 1300 368 333.
The event features a bus tour of the Little Stringybark Creek Project.
Bookings are essential: 1300 368 333.
Tuesday, September 06, 2011
Pamela Helen Fullerton Melba Vestey
VESTEY. - Pamela Helen Fullerton Melba. Died peacefully Sept. 2, 2011 Widow of Captain The Honorable W.H. Vestey. Scots Guards.
Much loved mother of Sam and Mark.
Private family Funeral in Australia Memorial Service in London to be arranged.
Published in Herald Sun on September 6, 2011
Comment: Until recently Lady Vestey lived at the Melba Estate in Coldstream and would often be seen shopping at the local IGA.
Compost costs | Upper Yarra Mail | Star News Group Local community news
Compost costs | Upper Yarra Mail | Star News Group Local community news
Yarra Ranges Council last week claimed victory announcing the facility run by Australian Native Landscapes had been shut down after VCAT cancelled its planning permit on Friday, 26 August.
But while the council and affected residents of Coldstream and Lilydale are celebrating what they say has been a hard-earned reprieve from the foul odours coming from the site, ANL owner Patrick Soars hit back accusing the council of not telling its ratepayers the full story.
“They should be asking the council 'at what cost to them?',” he said.
Yarra Ranges councillor Tim Heenan, who spearheaded the council's fight to have the operation closed, said VCAT had cancelled ANL's permit following a meeting between the council, the Environment Protection Authority, residents and ANL.
Mr Soars said ANL had agreed to surrender all approvals and licences “as a result of contractual settlement reached between Metropolitan Waste Management Group, Yarra Ranges Council and ANL.”
Mr Soars said under the settlement he was not allowed to divulge any amounts of money paid.
“Contractual settlement usually means someone has paid someone,” he said.
Yarra Ranges director of planning, Andrew Paxton said he could not comment on any contractual agreement either, but said “Yarra Ranges Council had acted on best faith to Yarra Ranges residents to reduce any ongoing costs.”
“Yarra Ranges Council has no further costs in defending what has been a very ugly issue for a long time,” he said.
Mr Paxton said he could not comment on who paid what to whom in terms of any contractual settlement reach last Friday week, but did say the main sticking point was the contract between Metropolitan Waste Management and ANL for the supply of green waste.
“Once that was resolved through a settlement, everyone agreed as part of that, that all permits would be cancelled.”
Cr Heenan said in relation to the final outcome residents would now be able to enjoy the outdoors without fear of foul odours, now or in the future.
“There is no further appeal and any future applications for the site would revert back to the original zone which is green wedge,” he said.
“Finally we have a conclusion for this issue.”
Yarra Ranges Council last week claimed victory announcing the facility run by Australian Native Landscapes had been shut down after VCAT cancelled its planning permit on Friday, 26 August.
But while the council and affected residents of Coldstream and Lilydale are celebrating what they say has been a hard-earned reprieve from the foul odours coming from the site, ANL owner Patrick Soars hit back accusing the council of not telling its ratepayers the full story.
“They should be asking the council 'at what cost to them?',” he said.
Yarra Ranges councillor Tim Heenan, who spearheaded the council's fight to have the operation closed, said VCAT had cancelled ANL's permit following a meeting between the council, the Environment Protection Authority, residents and ANL.
Mr Soars said ANL had agreed to surrender all approvals and licences “as a result of contractual settlement reached between Metropolitan Waste Management Group, Yarra Ranges Council and ANL.”
Mr Soars said under the settlement he was not allowed to divulge any amounts of money paid.
“Contractual settlement usually means someone has paid someone,” he said.
Yarra Ranges director of planning, Andrew Paxton said he could not comment on any contractual agreement either, but said “Yarra Ranges Council had acted on best faith to Yarra Ranges residents to reduce any ongoing costs.”
“Yarra Ranges Council has no further costs in defending what has been a very ugly issue for a long time,” he said.
Mr Paxton said he could not comment on who paid what to whom in terms of any contractual settlement reach last Friday week, but did say the main sticking point was the contract between Metropolitan Waste Management and ANL for the supply of green waste.
“Once that was resolved through a settlement, everyone agreed as part of that, that all permits would be cancelled.”
Cr Heenan said in relation to the final outcome residents would now be able to enjoy the outdoors without fear of foul odours, now or in the future.
“There is no further appeal and any future applications for the site would revert back to the original zone which is green wedge,” he said.
“Finally we have a conclusion for this issue.”
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