Foodbanks meet changing needs
Foodbanks in Kyneton and Gisborne are preparing to meet the changing needs of Macedon Ranges locals amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Kyneton Caring Community's Kerryn Wildenburg...
Community pantry up and running
Local volunteers, community groups and organisations are working together to provide food relief for residents in need in Mount Alexander Shire.
The newly created Mount...
Good Friday Appeal online not on foot
For more than 40 years, CFA brigades in the Mount Macedon and Mount Alexander regions have been collecting for the Royal Children's Hospital Good...
Never lonely with letters
Cheerful letters, drawings and paintings have been making their way to elderly residents across the Macedon Ranges to help them stay connected during the...
Dancing a jig with dad
By Sandy Scheltema
It's been two years since Matt Harding, an internationally renowned sculptor living and working in Trentham, tragically died from suicide, leaving behind...
Funds needed to boost Macedon hub
A bold plan to transform Macedon's much-loved former maternal and child health centre into a community hub is fast gaining community support.
A group of...
In Mark’s memory
The Maldon and district community has rallied around the family of the late Mark Brasser to make his final dream a reality.
The proud family...
Community leads bushfire relief concert in Macedon Ranges
A community-led bushfire relief concert with an impressive line-up is expected to attract up to 400 people in Kyneton on Saturday, February 1.
Lancefield siblings...
Walking the walk…Nordic pole style in Castlemaine
Castlemaine's Johanna Winchcomb admits she loves few things better than a bracing Nordic pole walk.
"Nordic pole walking is actually fitness walking," says Johanna, one...
A home of their own
Providing secure, affordable and accessible housing options for local people with intellectual disabilities has been one of two major priorities for the Mount Alexander...
Castlemaine event to connect a community …
The unprecedented fires impacting Victoria and other states, and the underlying issue of climate change, is upsetting not just for those directly involved -...
Hospital hampers help
Staff at Castlemaine Health went above and beyond for this year's annual
'Christmas Tree Project' food drive for Castlemaine Housing Service
donating...
