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Know these tags?
Kyneton Scout Hall was vandalised last month and the scout leaders, rather than wanting to see the graffiti artists punished, would like to invite them back! Catherine Perch-Nielsen, 1st Kyneton Scout Leader, said that on the last Sunday of the school holidays, someone entered the scout hall and proceeded to tag the inside of the…
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Depot going gangbusters
The Mount Alexander Animal Welfare Op Shop Empawrium has recently launched a new venture – a Furniture Depot. The new offering utilises the expansive space in the basement of the existing Johnstone Street Op Shop building and has four-fold benefits – assisting community members to find a new home for their furniture and household items;…
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Vigil for our homeless
A vigil will be held in Castlemaine this Friday to honour those in the community who are homeless. The vigil is intended to further galvanise the community on action happening locally around homelessness and to call on government to do more to address the housing crisis. Homelessness Week (August 4-11) is an annual national event…
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Future fashionistas fiesta!
The young people’s upcycled fashion parade is back this year! On Sunday September 15 from 11am to 1pm, head down to Mechanics Lane in Castlemaine and see the clever creations young people have made out of secondhand clothes. The Good Op Shop hosts this event in partnership with Mount Alexander Shire Council. “We’re so looking…
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RANGES ROADS AMONG WORST IN STATE
Two Macedon Ranges roads have ranked among the state’s worst in a country road survey while satisfaction on local roads has hit a new low. Last week, RACV’s My Country Road Survey revealed Tylden-Woodend Road from Woodend to Tylden, and Kilmore Road from Monegeetta to Gisborne, ranked second and third respectively in most safety complaints.…
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Strong Gisborne rep in mumpreneur awards
Gisborne mums, Meagan Upsher, Katrina Wurm, Carmen Hofman and Kat Buttigieg, have all been named as finalists for the 2024 AusMumpreneur Awards. Their businesses, Macedon Ranges Aqua Aerobics, Stress Free Super Mum, Oakfield Designs and Macedon Ranges Mumma, are represented across a wide range of categories: Fitness Business, Coaching, Personal Business, Regional Business, Women’s Champion,…
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Plans released for Lancefield Park
Lancefield’s community is growing and so too are demands on local sporting and recreation facilities with limited funding. A new draft Lancefield Park Master Plan aims to create a map for the future of the town’s much-loved park. Plans include long-awaited expansion of Laurie Green Pavilion, cricket practice facilities, improved access and lighting. Lancefield Park…
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Stark contrast in key matches
What an extraordinary contrast in Riddell League football matches affecting the final five on Saturday! Coming off its best win of the season over reigning premier Diggers Rest, Kyneton struggled to beat cellar-dweller Lancefield by four points to keep finals hopes alive. The drawcard Riddell versus Romsey match was a fizzer as far as a…
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Kyneton Rangers fight
Kyneton’s Barkly Square saw a stunning winter’s day on Sunday with the low-hanging sun providing some reprieve from the previous weeks’ wet pitches. The women’s Div 1 team met Shepparton South for the last game of the day at Barkly Square, and with a Shepp South’s defender drawing two yellow cards to a red card,…
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Experience of a lifetime
In the early hours of this morning, many Macedon Ranges residents sat up to see Lauretta Hanson and her two Australian teammates compete in the 158 kms women’s road race at the Olympic Games in France. Hanson, a 29-year-old professional rider who grew up on a farm at Fern Hill, went to Tylden Primary School…
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Gisborne’s changing face
Gisborne’s future will include apartment living and transit-oriented development in New Gisborne with a view to preventing urban sprawl. Last week Macedon Ranges Shire Council adopted the long-debated Gisborne Futures Structure Plan to shape the town’s next 30 years. The plan introduces a protected settlement boundary aimed to preserve rural landscapes and maintain rural breaks…
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New plans for Kyneton?
Car parking in Kyneton could be removed to make way for cycling lanes, and key commercial roads reduced to speeds of 30km/h. These are just some of the ideas explored in Macedon Ranges Shire Council’s draft Kyneton Urban Design Framework. The document is now open for public comment and has already raised some concern among…