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Fringe media partnership with MainFM

Castlemaine Fringe has announced an official media partnership with MainFM 94.9 for the 30th anniversary of Castlemaine Fringe Festival in 2023. Festival chair Jacqueline Brodie-Hanns said...

Let’s celebrate

MainFM's Able Radio and Windarring Castlemaine are putting on a get together to celebrate International Day of People with Disability. The event is on Friday...

Museum spruce up

Kyneton Museum is getting a spruce up! The museum will close temporarily on December 12 to prepare for restoration works planned from mid-January 2023. Kyneton Museum...

Flood recovery calls for volunteers

Amy HumeDisaster recovery group BlazeAid is calling for volunteers to assist flood efforts in the Bridgewater area. The volunteer organisation has helped farmers restore thousands...

Wine, music and goodwill

Wine, music and goodwill towards refugees set the mood for a fundraiser at Norma Richardson Hall in Woodend last Friday. Special guest for the evening...

Flood recovery a long process

Macedon Ranges residents have heard flood recovery is expected to be a long process with widespread damage from the October flood events. The mayor, Cr...

Busy in advocacy

Life has never been busier for Woodend resident Jean Ker Walsh. "Retirement can be challenging," she says. "But it’s enabled me to concentrate on the...

Wooling Hill Run to raise funds

Dynamic duo, Hayden Walsh and Karen O’Sullivan who recently launched their book If I can, you can, are teaming up once again...

Saving clothing from landfill

Castlemaine CWA will be holding a produce/cake stall on Thursday October 13 at Ray Bradfield Rooms to raise funds to assist them...

Get prepared for emergency expo

Flood risk and fire season preparation will be front and centre at the Emergency Response Expo at Castlemaine's Western Reserve this Saturday...

Braemar meets ‘the Blockheads’

Braemar College students have had a brush with The Block fame. With the current season being filmed and produced...

Watts in top 10

Kyneton's Watts Fresh has been recognised as one of Victoria’s top 10 favourite fruit and veg shops in the recent A better...

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