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  • Art museum launches appeal

    Art museum launches appeal

    Castlemaine Art Museum is forging ahead with plans for the future thanks to continued positive fundraising momentum. CAM director Naomi…

  • Auctioneer’s milestone

    Auctioneer’s milestone

    Woodend veteran real estate agent John Keating last week marked his 50-year anniversary as an auctioneer with the sale of…

  • Help the Silver Tops sparkle

    Help the Silver Tops sparkle

    Castlemaine’s renowned seniors dance troupe, the Silver Top Dancers, is seeking community support to purchase a set of spangly new…

  • ‘To get rich, you’ve gotta get dirty’

    ‘To get rich, you’ve gotta get dirty’

    A new rapid-fire eight-part comedy series filmed at Porcupine Village in Maldon will premiere on ABC TV and ABC iView…

  • Songs of people and place

    Songs of people and place

    Valley Road winds through rolling basalt hills from Glenhope towards Chewton, connecting two friends, Rebecca Jane Howell and Marty Mckenna,…

  • Housing crisis deepens

    Housing crisis deepens

    We all ask ourselves what’s going on when we see tarps erected in public places, or people sleeping in their…

  • Exhibition claims national honour

    Exhibition claims national honour

    The good news continues for the newly installed Boorp Boorp Boondyil exhibition at the historic Castlemaine Market Building, with the…

  • Help preserve history

    Help preserve history

    Kyneton High School has launched a Major Gift Donor program, aimed at restoring and preserving the rich heritage of its…

  • Restaurant owner suffers burns

    Restaurant owner suffers burns

    A Gisborne restaurant owner suffered burns to his face and hands after a fire broke out at the Hong Kong…

  • Star Wars battle still on

    Star Wars battle still on

    Approved plans for a home designed to replicate a Star Wars light cruiser have upset neighbouring landowners. Macedon Ranges Shire…

  • Cross plan splits views

    Cross plan splits views

    Plans to remove native vegetation to restore historic views to Melbourne from the Mount Macedon Memorial Cross have prompted passionate…

  • The power of the personal

    The power of the personal

    An audience of about 150 listened transfixed as speakers from Iraq, Afghanistan, South Sudan and Burundi told stories of their…