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National winners!

Maine Bridge Club members Robin Archer and Charles Young have won the 2024 Australia Wide Restricted Pairs Title. This...

Sunflowers to spread cheer

A Romsey micro flower farmer is spreading joy through the gift of sunflower seeds to Macedon Ranges residents. Sunflowers...

Spreading festive cheer

Kyneton Christmas Collective is determined to spread the festive spirit this year. The newly formed collective is a small...

A very tiny, big issue

I was chatting to new YIMBY composter Laura Jade about things that make it through our compost piles virtually unscathed. Laura started...

Palestinian film fundraiser

To commemorate the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People this Friday November 29, a film screening of the award-winning documentary...

A Year of Abundance

Growing Abundance is hosting an event on Saturday to celebrate its 2024 program ‘A Year of Abundance’. The last...

How to test for herbicide residues

In last week’s conversation we looked at synthetic auxins, a group of persistent herbicides that can have devastating impacts on broad-leafed plants...

Kyneton Show competition smashes records

The Kyneton Show has again set records with the biggest crowd ever at the Friday night carnival. The showgrounds...

Kyneton up to the challenge

Kyneton High School is powering up for the Energy Breakthrough challenge this week. For weeks, students have worked together...

Meet the author

Woodend Library will host a talk with Macedon Ranges author and pilot Kathy Mexted in celebration her latest book Take Flight.

Invisible, persistent killer

‘Synthetic auxins’ are a group of herbicides that have been quietly killing off backyard and market gardens in our region for some...

Eleanor Bryant remembered

Macedon Ranges residents have shown an outpouring of support for the family and community of Eleanor Bryant who died at the scene...

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