Community News
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Finding rites of passage
For the past 23 years, a group of men from Castlemaine has been running rites of passage weekends out in…
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Interns create memorial garden
Earlier this month a team of eight young interns launched their design for a new Memorial Garden, to be built…
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For the next generation
Connecting Country is co-hosting a National Tree Day community planting with Mount Alexander Shire Council and Post Office Hill Action…
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The Compost Conversation – with Joel Meadows
When I go out door-knocking with our YIMBY* composters, looking for households to offer us weekly buckets of food scraps,…
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Feeling the heat?
It can be hard to stay warm during these winter months, and let’s face it, it can be hard to…
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A true ‘people person’
Malmsbury Pharmacy is officially home to Victoria’s Pharmacy Assistant of the Year – and regular customers are not surprised. Amanda…
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Radiothon returns
Castlemaine’s award-winning station MainFM is getting amped up for its annual Radiothon and looking for support. Bring the Noise is…
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Hop to it and snap up book
Local author and illustrator Trace Balla has created a new graphic novella to raise funds to support the Red Box…
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Food pantry opens
Castlemaine Community House has opened a Food Pantry to address an increasing demand for food relief in Mount Alexander Shire….
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Locals’ chance to shine
Maldon’s very own Stephen Howard was one of 72 local extras who worked on new comedy series Gold Diggers, which…
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Scintillate the senses
A renowned Indigenous chef is coming to Kyneton Town Hall in July in celebration of NAIDOC Week 2023, featuring a…
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Woodworking women
Six women completed an all-female woodworking course with the Woodend Men’s Shed this month. The women were selected by ballot…