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Raising funds for Ruby
A fantastic fundraising event featuring Dave Larkin from Dallas Crane, and indie/rock band Rudely Interrupted will be held at Castlemaine’s Bridge Hotel this Saturday to support local family, Kendall Ingham and Trent Gibson and their children, Ruby and Neko. Fourteen-year-old Ruby has a rare genetic mutation of the CHD2 gene, which means she has epileptic…
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Mary to farewell The Garden Tap
Amy Hume If you told Mary Wollmering 10 years ago she’d find herself in Mongrel boots and among plants daily she would have laughed. That’s because when she purchased The Garden Tap in Kyneton about six years ago she did so on impulse. While it was not a long-held dream, it wasn’t short of romance:…
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$200k boost for vet clinic
Regional Community Vet Clinic has received a $200,000 grant from the state government via the Animal Welfare Grant program to establish regional Victoria’s first community vet clinic in Mount Alexander Shire. RCVC is a not-for-profit veterinary clinic and will provide the elderly, socially and financially disadvantaged in the community access to affordable preventative veterinary care…
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Upgrade for notorious road
Lisa Dennis Walmer’s notorious Fogartys Gap Road is one of 47 roads across the state to be upgraded thanks to an injection of funds from the federal government’s Black Spot Program. Bendigo MP and Victorian Black Spot Consultative Panel chair, Lisa Chesters, visited Walmer on Friday to announce an allocation of $18.4 million to substantially…
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It’s going to be spectacular!
Macedon Ranges’ own talent will be showcased at this year’s Victorian State Schools Spectacular in September. Tap dancer Lana Hughes will debut as part of the main cast with a speciality act, representing Kyneton High School. The role has always been a dream for the dancer who first picked up her tap shoes in 2011.…
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Raptor rescue
Three Macedon Ranges wildlife rescuers helped recover an injured wedge-tailed eagle in Lancefield last week. A resident saw the eagle on the ground and made a call to Wildlife Victoria for help, recognising something was wrong. The eagle was hiding underneath a row of large pine trees and the property owner said it had been…
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Improving access and inclusion
Do you want to help improve access and inclusion for people with a disability in the Mount Alexander Shire? Express your interest in becoming a member of the new Disability Action Plan Working Group with Mount Alexander Shire Council. The group will provide input, advice and feedback on the development of council’s new Disability Action…
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Team Strang steps up
Team Strang have laced up their runners and are once again stepping out to raise money for the ‘Step Up To Cancer 10k per day’ challenge. Last year’s challenge saw this group of Kyneton women raise more than $40,000 for the National Breast Cancer Foundation with the support of the community. “This year the bar…
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Women for the record
Amy Hume Kate Lawrence is one of three Victorian Women’s Football League inductees from the Macedon Ranges and is ensuring female players leave a strong mark in history. Also a skilled sound producer, Kate will soon begin a project to document an oral history of the VWFL through a series of in-depth interviews. “This project…
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Translating energies
Angela Crawford Newstead composer Anthony Lyons is working on a large-scale sound and light installation that aims to translate the energy from plants and people into images and sounds. Lyons is collaborating with Lockwood video artist Paul Fletcher on The AudioVisual Garden project, which will be unveiled to the public at the Conflux festival of…
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Join the club, join the community
Angela Crawford Kyneton Golf Club’s new committee has been working hard to give the club a new lease of life. Visitors to the club will now see a freshly painted clubhouse exterior, thanks to Michael and Neil from Next Painting, transformed from blue and yellow to a more sophisticated basalt grey and cream. The committee…
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Shed home approved
Malmsbury farmer Travis Bruni has won the fight to turn his shed come ‘man cave’ into a legal residence. Mr Bruni said last week’s ruling at the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal was a relief and meant he could continue to grow his farm. “I would have walked away from farming if this didn’t get…