Tuesday, 19 November, 2024
Reminder to never leave burn-off unattended
Spectacular car show for a cause
Locals pause for our lost soldiers
See Real Estate liftout inside
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Santa’s elves return By Dongyun Kwon Recently, Santa Claus received a request from the Rotary Club of Healesville as the Rotarians needed assistance to refresh and decorate the town with Christmas wreaths. After Santa received the request, he recruited 10 local elves to help him with this request. The elves have started their job to bring the Christmas vibe into the town and are currently very busy finishing up everything on time. Santa is planning to install the Christmas wreaths on the main street of Healesville in the first week of December. Turn to page 15 for more Santa Claus recruited 10 local elves to help him with a Christmas wreath decoration request from Healesville Rotary Club. (Dongyun Kwon: 443473)
Laneway closed A long-time dispute over the function of a laneway in Warburton has led to it being temporarily closed to vehicles. After a street sweeper struck part of a building in 2019, the use of the lane has been a hot topic ever since; it was closed until June 2021 when it was reopened and has now been closed again. Director of Environment and Built Infrastructure Hjalmar Philipp said that Yarra Ranges Council can confirm that from Friday 8 November 2024, a laneway from Warburton Highway to Thomas Avenue was temporarily closed to
through vehicles until further notice following traffic safety issues and possible impact to buildings. “The laneway will still be available for the emergency services, pedestrians and cyclists. This closure also coincides with the start of hightraffic season for 2024/25 for Warburton,” he said. “If Council determines that the laneway should be permanently closed, this will be done in consultation with local businesses.” A local business owner has also claimed they have faced structural damage to the basement of an adjacent building due to the raised level of
the right of way when it was cemented, the street sweeper incident and ongoing traffic issues at the western end of Thomas Avenue. Founding Partner of Treehouse Nature & Healing at 3377 Warburton Highway (one of the buildings adjacent to the laneway) Tate Jerrems said they [himself and his co-founder Dwayne McCumiskey] have faced issues since their tenancy-to-ownership crossover from 2017-2019. “The right of way’s ‘cement version’ requires excavation simply in order for us to survey for original elevations, in having our building’s wall remediated, that may necessitate full replace-
ment of original materials,” he said. “The Right of Way’s legal character needs to be discussed with the owners of the title originating the asset as a road under the Land Act 1958, being us,” “The Right of Way’s permanent future needs to be re-designed and reconstructed in alignment with our original assets, accommodating pedestrians and cyclists in a safe, practical, logical way with definite opportunity for creative materials / relevant artistry embedded into the surface of the asset.” Turn to page 7 for more
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