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  • Palestinian film fundraiser

    Palestinian film fundraiser

    To commemorate the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People this Friday November 29, a film screening of the…

  • A Year of Abundance

    A Year of Abundance

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

  • How to test for herbicide residues

    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…

  • Kyneton Show competition smashes records

    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…

  • Kyneton up to the challenge

    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…

  • Meet the author

    Meet the author

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

  • Invisible, persistent killer

    Invisible, persistent killer

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

  • Eleanor Bryant remembered

    Eleanor Bryant remembered

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

  • Safe Space finds a home

    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…

  • Drumming up interest

    Drumming up interest

    YIMBY composters teamed up with ‘Dig It’ MainFM program and Growing Abundance and took to the streets in the Castlemaine…

  • The best day of family country fun

    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…

  • Woodend CFA to host open day

    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….