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Documentary celebrates unique and quirky characters of Lancefield

A cinematic documentary about the unique and quirky characters that live and work in Lancefield is set to be launched at a local screening...

Market joy for Malmsbury

Malmsbury residents have been given the green light to hold a monthly farmers market on the town's village green. The inaugural market kicks off on...

Caring for old Pebbles

Pebbles was one of the Macedon Ranges most loved and appealing equine residents. Not because she excelled at grand prix dressage, jumped like a...

Castlemaine unwrapped!

A special tour taking place in Castlemaine next week will show participants where and how they can shop locally to keep single-use plastic out...

Big-hearted gesture

Homeless people and those doing it tough are being offered a warming soup and roll and a warm dry place to escape the bitter...

Campaign launched to help get dog for Ester

Ester is a four-year-old girl with a big heart and a fighting spirit who suffers multiple daily epileptic seizures. The most frightening seizures occur at...

Design nominated

A warehouse-style house in Kyneton is turning heads in the Building Designers Association of Victoria Building Design Awards. The contemporary look is the work of...

Community lunch to raise awareness for Refugee Week

Kyneton's popular community lunch will be raising funds and awareness for Refugee Week tomorrow at Kyneton Mechanics Institute 12.30pm. "We will be raising money for...

Twilight market to help Doof

Doof is a dog with an unimaginably awful start to life. Believed to be half bull terrier, half great dane, he was most likely bred...

Veterans are appreciated

Appreciation and recognition of Defence Force veterans and their contributions to our country took place at the Gilbert Gordon Reserve in Woodend on Saturday. The...

Lancefield plan endorsed – Councillors divided on ‘community opinion’

Passionate pleas for council to dump a restrictive development plan for Lancefield have ended in disappointment for some landowners. Macedon Ranges Shire councillors endorsed a...

Scouting ideas for park

Elijah Heriot is scouting for ideas to improve Quahlee Park in Woodend's north. He may be just eight years old but Elijah is determined to...

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