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  • Fringe media partnership with MainFM

    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….

  • Let’s celebrate

    Let’s celebrate

    MainFM’s Able Radio and Windarring Castlemaine are putting on a get together to celebrate International Day of People with Disability….

  • Museum spruce up

    Museum spruce up

    Kyneton Museum is getting a spruce up! The museum will close temporarily on December 12 to prepare for restoration works…

  • Flood recovery calls for volunteers

    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…

  • Wine, music and goodwill

    Wine, music and goodwill

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

  • Flood recovery a long process

    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…

  • Busy in advocacy

    Busy in advocacy

    Life has never been busier for Woodend resident Jean Ker Walsh. “Retirement can be challenging,” she says. “But it’s enabled…

  • Wooling Hill Run to raise funds

    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…

  • Saving clothing from landfill

    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…

  • Get prepared for emergency expo

    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…

  • Braemar meets ‘the Blockheads’

    Braemar meets ‘the Blockheads’

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

  • Watts in top 10

    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…