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Food and gift drive launches

Journey Early Learning at Kyneton has launched a food and gift drive to support local people doing it tough this Christmas.

Not foul manure, fowl manure

‘Gallus gallus’, the red junglefowl, once roamed wild in the forests of South Asia, but has, through long years of selective breeding,...

Partnership to boost harvest project

For the past 15 years the Growing Abundance project has been bringing people in Mount Alexander Shire together. It...

Boltons celebrates 40 years

Bolton Motorcycles and Power Equipment has been a trusted name in the Kyneton community for 40 years. The family...

Horse manure, worming and compost

This week the Compost Conversation has enlisted the help of local vet and large animal specialist, Dr Paul O’Connor, to better understand...

The power of collaboration

An inaugural Village Business Expo was abuzz in Maldon last Thursday, with 30 exhibitors from across the region on display.

Straight from the horse’s…

Although horses no longer perform the major traction and transport roles they once did in our society, our increased human population, growing...

Entries open for Upcycling Award

Would you like to win one of three $300 prizes? There's also one $100 prize up for grabs too!

Celebrating 25 years of dance

Local dance school Movement Zone is turning 25 and will celebrate the milestone with three special concerts at Castlemaine's Phee Broadway Theatre...

Students visit Mark’s Country Place

A planned retreat in Kyneton, Mark’s Country Place, aims to provide a safe space for people of all backgrounds, ages and abilities...

Immortals unveiled at the Shrine

An exhibition honouring our World War I diggers, Immortals, featuring the work of Castlemaine artist Clayton Tremlett opened at Melbourne's Shrine of...

Paralympian to speak on resilience

Men's mental health is in the spotlight for a barbecue gathering with a special guest speaker paralympian Liam Twomey at Mount Macedon...

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