NILLUMBIK Council will challenge the state government's bushfire vegetation removal law after residents complained it is being exploited.... Read More
- Kelvin Eldridge
Authorised by: Kelvin Eldridge, 12 Stradmore Avenue Templestowe 3106
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Nillumbik moves to end vegetation rule
Eltham too close, Yan Yean stays red
THE state seat of Eltham hangs on a knife’s edge, with less than 250 votes separating ALP incumbent Steve Herbert and Liberal Party challenger Andrew Hart after preferences, with 30 per cent of the vote still to be counted.... Read More
- Kelvin Eldridge
Authorised by: Kelvin Eldridge, 12 Stradmore Avenue Templestowe 3106
Nillumbik councillors not ruling anything out in scramble for top job
NILLUMBIK councillors Helen Coleman and Chris Chapple are set to battle for the city's top job next month, in the wake of claims incumbent Ken King has been an "absent mayor".... Read More
- Kelvin Eldridge
Authorised by: Kelvin Eldridge, 12 Stradmore Avenue Templestowe 3106
Social Chess at Eltham High School
Northern Star Chess is proud to support chess in the Eltham community.... Read More
- Kelvin Eldridge
Authorised by: Kelvin Eldridge, 12 Stradmore Avenue Templestowe 3106
Sunday, November 28, 2010
Eltham on a knife's edge
Labor incumbent Steve Herbert has predicted several sleepless nights as about 3000 postal and 4000 pre-poll votes are counted.... Read More
- Kelvin Eldridge
Authorised by: Kelvin Eldridge, 12 Stradmore Avenue Templestowe 3106
Dave Hughes's love for his dad
"I gave the German couches to my brother-in-law in Eltham. They're a joy and he's got them, while we're sitting on f------ benches!"... Read More
- Kelvin Eldridge
Authorised by: Kelvin Eldridge, 12 Stradmore Avenue Templestowe 3106
Eltham writer's hidden tale revealed
Writer and artist Celia Bridle of Eltham has written a children's book titled 'The black swan'... Read More
- Kelvin Eldridge
Authorised by: Kelvin Eldridge, 12 Stradmore Avenue Templestowe 3106
Christmas lights shock for Eltham North child
Jill Marinelli said her daughter Christina was thrown against a wall and burned her wrist after switching on a set of $10 Kmart brand Christmas lights bought at Greensborough on November 14.... Read More
- Kelvin Eldridge
Authorised by: Kelvin Eldridge, 12 Stradmore Avenue Templestowe 3106
Eltham North boy suffers season's first snake bite
ELTHAM North’s 10-year-old Luke Edmonds is Victoria’s first snake-bite victim in a season predicted to be one of the state’s worst.... Read More
- Kelvin Eldridge
Authorised by: Kelvin Eldridge, 12 Stradmore Avenue Templestowe 3106
Friday, November 26, 2010
Clarkson conduct off to VCAT
MISCONDUCT allegations against a Nillumbik councillor will go to the state’s peak tribunal after a conduct panel collapsed.... Read More
- Kelvin Eldridge
Authorised by: Kelvin Eldridge, 12 Stradmore Avenue Templestowe 3106
Young ambition pays
Eltham College of Education captain and environment leader Brittany Green introduced many sustainable practices at her school.... Read More
- Kelvin Eldridge
Authorised by: Kelvin Eldridge, 12 Stradmore Avenue Templestowe 3106
Special stolen seat found intact
Brad Harris and Cass Knight’s stationwagon was stolen from the Eltham Gateway Hotel carpark overnight November 12, prompting the distressed parents to issue a plea for the $2000 car seat used by their daughter Shannon, who has severe cerebral palsy, to be returned.... Read More
- Kelvin Eldridge
Authorised by: Kelvin Eldridge, 12 Stradmore Avenue Templestowe 3106
What you need to know about your seat
Candidates: Andrew Hart (Lib), Steve Herbert (ALP), James Searle (Greens), Trudi Aiashi (DLP) and Shane Porter (Family First).... Read More
- Kelvin Eldridge
Authorised by: Kelvin Eldridge, 12 Stradmore Avenue Templestowe 3106
Nillumbik green wedge's future safe
AFTER more than a three-year delay, Nillumbik Council last week finally adopted its green wedge management plan, to the relief of environment groups across the shire... Read More
- Kelvin Eldridge
Authorised by: Kelvin Eldridge, 12 Stradmore Avenue Templestowe 3106
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Eltham's state-of-the-art classrooms
IT seems futuristic, but open-plan classrooms complete with interactive whiteboards, iPods and videogame controllers are now standard practice for Eltham Primary School.
- Kelvin Eldridge
Authorised by: Kelvin Eldridge, 12 Stradmore Avenue Templestowe 3106
Pollies splash around the cash for Eltham
MORE than $6.2 million was promised to Eltham by the ALP and Liberal Party in the frantic final week leading up to the state election.
- Kelvin Eldridge
Authorised by: Kelvin Eldridge, 12 Stradmore Avenue Templestowe 3106
Friday, November 19, 2010
SEARCHING for library books online will never be the same when a new website is launched on Thursday.
On-site demonstrations of the new system will be given at Eltham, Lalor and Thomastown libraries on Thursday
- Kelvin Eldridge
Authorised by: Kelvin Eldridge, 12 Stradmore Avenue Templestowe 3106
Greens accuse Labor of broken record politics
THE GREENS have lashed out at Eltham MLA Steve Herbert, accusing him of recycling a four-year-old promise to voters over the Hurstbridge train line upgrade.
- Kelvin Eldridge
Authorised by: Kelvin Eldridge, 12 Stradmore Avenue Templestowe 3106
Eltham car wash go-ahead costs car parking
ELTHAM is set to lose 18 car spaces after Nillumbik Council last week approved a planning permit for a car wash in Arthur Street.
- Kelvin Eldridge
Authorised by: Kelvin Eldridge, 12 Stradmore Avenue Templestowe 3106
Election fight hots up in Eltham, Bundoora and Yan Yean
Eltham has five election hopefuls, with a swing of 6.49 per cent to the Opposition needed to oust Labor’s Steve Herbert.
- Kelvin Eldridge
Authorised by: Kelvin Eldridge, 12 Stradmore Avenue Templestowe 3106
Greens could hold key to Eltham
A PREFERENCE deal with the Greens is likely to determine which major party will win the state seat of Eltham later this month.
- Kelvin Eldridge
Authorised by: Kelvin Eldridge, 12 Stradmore Avenue Templestowe 3106
Eltham school tackles homophobia
Eltham College principal David Warner said the community needed to accept that harassment and homophobia were not acceptable.
- Kelvin Eldridge
Authorised by: Kelvin Eldridge, 12 Stradmore Avenue Templestowe 3106
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Greens rail over delays
The duplication would cover 1.5km from Heidelberg to Rosanna stations, and about 5km from Greensborough to Eltham stations.
- Kelvin Eldridge
Authorised by: Kelvin Eldridge, 12 Stradmore Avenue Templestowe 3106
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
'Pants man' charged
A MELBOURNE man suspected of stealing hundreds of pairs of underpants from people around the city has been arrested and charged.
- Kelvin Eldridge
Authorised by: Kelvin Eldridge, 12 Stradmore Avenue Templestowe 3106
Tim Ratje: Goooooaa.... oh wait
There was a moment at this year’s national lacrosse competition that Tim Ratje would like to forget.
- Kelvin Eldridge
Authorised by: Kelvin Eldridge, 12 Stradmore Avenue Templestowe 3106
Lapping for charity at Eltham High
Members of the Eltham High School Swim Squad will be participating in the group's 6th annual swimming lapathon. Louise Heathcote (middle) with Maddy (right) and Genevieve Bennett.
- Kelvin Eldridge
Authorised by: Kelvin Eldridge, 12 Stradmore Avenue Templestowe 3106
STATE ELECTION: Eltham MP back boost for north-east link
THE Labor Party has committed $15.4 million for a study into the controversial north-east link.
- Kelvin Eldridge
Authorised by: Kelvin Eldridge, 12 Stradmore Avenue Templestowe 3106
Weed found at Eltham threatens waterways
The Department of Primary Industry recently found about 30 water hyacinth weeds
- Kelvin Eldridge
Authorised by: Kelvin Eldridge, 12 Stradmore Avenue Templestowe 3106
Monday, November 15, 2010
Boy bitten by snake at Eltham
Lisa Edmonds said her son, Luke, was running through a reserve behind Kelway Crescent when he felt “immense pain’’ near his ankle.
- Kelvin Eldridge
Authorised by: Kelvin Eldridge, 12 Stradmore Avenue Templestowe 3106
Sunday, November 14, 2010
Trendy Baillieu looking good for big date
A swing of 8 per cent this time would see Carrum, Monbulk, Eltham and Bentleigh change hands.
- Kelvin Eldridge
Authorised by: Kelvin Eldridge, 12 Stradmore Avenue Templestowe 3106
Fast-work flamenco on show at Eltham
Flamenco guitarists Juan Martinez and Matthew Fagan will play at Eltham's Montsalvat
- Kelvin Eldridge
Authorised by: Kelvin Eldridge, 12 Stradmore Avenue Templestowe 3106
Country kids join Eltham fair festivities
But 30 children from near Kyabram, in the state’s north, enjoyed a little respite at last weekend’s Rotary Eltham Town Festival.
- Kelvin Eldridge
Authorised by: Kelvin Eldridge, 12 Stradmore Avenue Templestowe 3106
Friday, November 12, 2010
Eltham Festival Cancelled
ROTARY ELTHAM TOWN FESTIVAL CANCELLED 13th & 14th November 2010
- Kelvin Eldridge
Authorised by: Kelvin Eldridge, 12 Stradmore Avenue Templestowe 3106
Eltham primary nutures a generation of gizmo kids
Several teachers at Eltham Primary are leading the techno charge.
- Kelvin Eldridge
Authorised by: Kelvin Eldridge, 12 Stradmore Avenue Templestowe 3106
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Vow to get Hurstbridge bus up and running
Eltham High School student Kieran Allan has had to make the two-and-a-half hour trek home to Smiths Gully from Hurstbridge Station more than once.
- Kelvin Eldridge
Authorised by: Kelvin Eldridge, 12 Stradmore Avenue Templestowe 3106
School girlfriends get support but principal sticks to her guns
Eltham College principal David Warner, who has joined the coalition, said many schools did not want to be seen as among the first to embrace such initiatives.
- Kelvin Eldridge
Authorised by: Kelvin Eldridge, 12 Stradmore Avenue Templestowe 3106
Claire Gardener is lapping up world titles
The 26-year-old Eltham Leisure Centre lifeguard recently competed in the Lifesaving World Championships in Alexandria, Egypt, representing Wye River Surf Lifesaving Club.
- Kelvin Eldridge
Authorised by: Kelvin Eldridge, 12 Stradmore Avenue Templestowe 3106
Out of bounds?
A LIBERAL MP was embarrassed last week by an election blunder.
- Kelvin Eldridge
Authorised by: Kelvin Eldridge, 12 Stradmore Avenue Templestowe 3106
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Parties divided on Eltham road
Eltham father Stan Gower lost his daughter in a road accident in the 1980s and is still lobbying for changes to Bolton St
- Kelvin Eldridge
Authorised by: Kelvin Eldridge, 12 Stradmore Avenue Templestowe 3106
Bogus tree feller warning
ROGUE tree loppers are doorknocking Diamond Valley households and in some cases, pressuring residents into giving them work.
- Kelvin Eldridge
Authorised by: Kelvin Eldridge, 12 Stradmore Avenue Templestowe 3106
Eltham landscape at risk from 10/30 abuse
ENVIRONMENTAL campaigners fear Eltham’s leafy landscape will be destroyed unless contentious tree-felling laws are scrapped.
- Kelvin Eldridge
Authorised by: Kelvin Eldridge, 12 Stradmore Avenue Templestowe 3106
Rotary Eltham Town Festival celebrates 35 years
Eltham High School’s jazz band will take to the town square stage on November 13 to launch the annual two-day celebration, now in its 35th year.
- Kelvin Eldridge
Authorised by: Kelvin Eldridge, 12 Stradmore Avenue Templestowe 3106
Traders angry as Eltham redevelopment delayed
A $300,000 Eltham redevelopment has been delayed because of a stoush between Nillumbik Council and a developer over a one-way street.
- Kelvin Eldridge
Authorised by: Kelvin Eldridge, 12 Stradmore Avenue Templestowe 3106
Maidstone development a gem among the gum trees
Managing director Martin Wagg was keen to bring the ''leafiness'' of his home Eltham area into the project.
- Kelvin Eldridge
Authorised by: Kelvin Eldridge, 12 Stradmore Avenue Templestowe 3106
What's happening around town
Tickets are now available for Eltham Little Theatre’s latest production, Blush or Gladys of the Goldfields, which is playing between November 11 and December 4
- Kelvin Eldridge
Authorised by: Kelvin Eldridge, 12 Stradmore Avenue Templestowe 3106
Broadband key to Nillumbik growth
IMPROVED broadband internet in Nillumbik's northern township has been mooted as major factor in improving the shire's economy.
- Kelvin Eldridge
Authorised by: Kelvin Eldridge, 12 Stradmore Avenue Templestowe 3106
Christmas at Lilies On Brougham
So today I'd like to share a place that is dear to me, a place called Lilies On Brougham set on 4 acres in Eltham
- Kelvin Eldridge
Authorised by: Kelvin Eldridge, 12 Stradmore Avenue Templestowe 3106
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Cliffhanger likely as swing against Labor looms
But to win government, the Liberals will have to win some of the hard-asks in Melbourne's middle and outer suburbs: Bentleigh (6.4), Eltham (6.5),
- Kelvin Eldridge
Authorised by: Kelvin Eldridge, 12 Stradmore Avenue Templestowe 3106