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Kyneton Show competition smashes records

The Kyneton Show has again set records with the biggest crowd ever at the Friday night carnival. The showgrounds were abuzz with about 9000 people...

Kyneton up to the challenge

Kyneton High School is powering up for the Energy Breakthrough challenge this week. For weeks, students have worked together to design and construct a human-powered...

Meet the author

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

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 time now. ...

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 of a...

Safe Space finds a home

A new facility in Castlemaine is offering a community led, non-clinical, inclusive and comfortable sanctuary to anyone who may be in emotional distress or...

Drumming up interest

YIMBY composters teamed up with 'Dig It' MainFM program and Growing Abundance and took to the streets in the Castlemaine Show Parade last week...

The best day of family country fun

Round up the family on November 23 and head to Woodend Primary School’s Carlsruhe Country Fair. The kids play old-fashioned games, whizz through some...

Woodend CFA to host open day

Woodend CFA is holding an open day at the fire station in Urquhart Street on Sunday from 10am to 2pm. This is a great...

Market’s 20-year ‘backing local’ celebrations

Kyneton Farmers Market has announced a special raffle for its upcoming 20th-anniversary celebrations on Saturday, with proceeds to be donated to Kyneton Primary School’s...

Award honour for Anwyn

Local therapist Anwyn Stekerhofs of 'Awakenings with Anwyn' was acknowledged at the recent 2024 Australian Achiever Awards for the Health, Fitness and Wellbeing Services...

Senior achiever awarded

Alan Moor has spent the past decade helping to fill the lives of older residents with interest and enjoyment. The 79-year-old Kyneton local has held...

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