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  • The road to change: Castlemaine youth speaks on climate change

    The road to change: Castlemaine youth speaks on climate change

    Recently returned from participating in the worlds’ very first United Nations Youth Climate summit in New York, Castlemaine’s Harriet O’Shea…

  • Shining a light on youth homelessness

    Shining a light on youth homelessness

    Three Kyneton High students have door-knocked their town to raise more than $400 in aid of displaced youth in the…

  • Storytelling magic

    Storytelling magic

    It was a pirate’s life for students at Romsey Primary School this month as they discovered the adventures behind Atticus…

  • Colour blast

    Colour blast

    Getting physically hit with an explosion of colour is one way to help celebrate a Friday. It was the way…

  • Welcome revival for festival photography

    Welcome revival for festival photography

    Photography with a sense of intrigue captured the attention of judges at this year’s Kyneton Daffodil and Arts Festival. The…

  • From Newham to Tongala

    From Newham to Tongala

    It’s not often two Country Fire Authority brigades 150 kilometres apart have anything to do with each other – except…

  • All things edible grown in the garden

    All things edible grown in the garden

    A fascinating collection of 11 edible gardens will be open to the public this coming weekend as part of the…

  • Creating pathways for people in crisis

    Creating pathways for people in crisis

    A Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Forum being held in Castlemaine next week aims to highlight the pathways available to…

  • Documentary celebrates unique and quirky characters of Lancefield

    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…

  • Market joy for Malmsbury

    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…

  • Caring for old Pebbles

    Caring for old Pebbles

    Pebbles was one of the Macedon Ranges most loved and appealing equine residents. Not because she excelled at grand prix…

  • Castlemaine unwrapped!

    Castlemaine unwrapped!

    A special tour taking place in Castlemaine next week will show participants where and how they can shop locally to…