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Lancefield development ‘sterilised’
A group of Lancefield landowners are hopeful a lengthy planning battle restricting development may soon come to an end. Macedon Ranges Shire mayor, Cr Kate Kendall, has sought Planning Minister Sonya Kilkenny’s urgent assistance to remove Development Plan Overlay Schedule 24 (DPO24) that has created almost the opposite outcome of its intent. Cr Kendall told…
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Park powered down after theft
Copper wire thieves who targeted Lancefield Park Recreation Reserve last week disrupted the facility’s power supply and cut off broader town telecommunications. Committee of management secretary Bill Balcam said the discovery of about 100 metres of stolen power cable was made at the reserve early last Monday morning. “They came in and ripped out the…
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Head-on crash on Calder
A 20-year-old Mildura man is facing serious criminal charges after leading police on a chase that ended in a crash on the Calder Freeway at Kyneton last Friday night. The man evaded police for a traffic offence before driving down the wrong side of the freeway – heading south in the north-bound lanes – when…
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Campbells Creek Magpies break the drought
Campbells Creek Football Netball Club is flying high after recording a long-awaited win against the Avoca Bulldogs on Saturday. The win is the first for the Magpies Seniors since July 2022. And what a win it was, one goal in front, with seconds remaining! The historic club sent a massive congratulations out to its players,…
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A Bird soars for Kyneton A-grade
A talented player from New Zealand made a huge difference to Kyneton’s A-grade netball side on Saturday. The Kyneton Tigers were without a win until they thrashed Melton South 83-46. Ellie Bird produced an unstoppable scoring spree with 73 goals, the most in the RDFNL’s fifth round of matches. Recruiting ace defender Kristiana Manu’a has…
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Two runaways, and one thriller
An intriguing fifth round of Riddell League football on Saturday in more ways than one. There were two absolute thrashings handed out: Powerhouse Diggers Rest followed up its demolition of Macedon by outclassing Gisborne Giants by 179 points as unstoppable recruit spearhead Callum Moore kicked 15 goals. Secondly, seemingly unfazed by the unexpected drubbing seven…
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Tour a sustainable home
Composting toilets, electric vehicles and air-tight homes: what does it mean to live sustainably and why are more people making the change? If you ask Clare Claydon or Kerryn Burgess why they transformed their homes for sustainable living, they’ll tell you it was to improve their environmental impact, and that the long-term savings are also…
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Vika and Linda on tour
Iconic Australian duo Vika and Linda are headed to Kyneton’s Town Hall and Castlemaine’s Theatre Royal to promote the release of their ninth studio album – their most personal and revealing body of work to date. Where Do You Come From? will be released on June 5 via Mushroom Music. To celebrate the new release,…
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Urgent calls for safety upgrade
Two school children struck by cars and injured within a week of each other at Woodend have prompted calls for urgent road safety measures. The incidents occurred at Romsey Road on April 21 and April 28 when children were walking home from school. Both children required medical care and one was taken by road ambulance…
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A transformation of the CBD
Works to transform the heart of Castlemaine’s CBD are now under way and are expected to be completed by mid-2027. The $12.1 million redevelopment of Frederick Street has drawn mixed reactions from residents, though the mayor Cr Toby Heydon has described it as a “once-in-a-generation opportunity” to create a safer, greener and more connected town…
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Trials to future-proof farming
New trials are under way to prepare the farming sector for future resilience, and change is on our doorstep. Langley Vale Farm is among 26 trial sites for the North Central Catchment Management Authority’s Climate Positive Farming Initiative. The initiative is working directly with farmers across the catchment area to help them better manage variable…
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Astonishing, but it’s true!
If someone had the audacity to suggest top of the football ladder Macedon would be trailing 16.15 (107) to 2.6 (18) at three-quarter-time on Saturday, their sanity would have been open to question. Yet this is what occurred at Diggers Rest as a fired-up home side ran rampant against the shell-shocked unbeaten Cats, who failed…