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Artists shortlisted in national prize
Four local artists, Catherine Tait, Dawn Duncan-Smith, Bruce Taylor and Greg Mallyon, are among the finalists in the inaugural annual National Capital Art Prize. Experts from across Australia’s art industry selected 121 finalists from a tremendous field of more than 1000 submissions in the prize. Artists from all over the country entered the new competition,…
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Foster carers needed
During Foster Care Week (September 12-18) leading child welfare organisation Anglicare Victoria is shining a spotlight on the urgent need for more foster carers across the state and the great reasons why people should give foster caring a go. Here in the north central region there is a critical shortage of carers, which means many…
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Love and light for Lauren
The Castlemaine community was devastated by the loss of young Newstead mum Lauren Bright to cancer on September 3. Lauren leaves behind her devoted husband Jamie to raise their two young children Bailey, 7, and Jade, 2. Many locals knew Lauren through her involvement with the Newstead Football Netball Club where she was a tireless…
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Dog owner unleashes
A Kyneton dog owner is calling on other dog owners to be more responsible for their pets when walking them off lead. Clive Rutter says that every time he takes his dog for a walk on lead, he is rushed at by off-leash dogs during the permitted 7.30-10am off-leash period on the Campaspe River Walk…
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The true cost of caring
Kris Rawlinson gave up a successful career to care for her husband Neal Furze when he had both legs and most of his fingers amputated after falling ill on AFL Grand Final Day in 2017. Diagnosed with sepsis, a dangerous blood infection, Neal spent 17 days in an induced coma at the Royal Melbourne Hospital,…
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Meet … the orchard keepers
A poet, an engineer, a nutritionist and a filmmaker walk into an orchard… The result is The Orchard Keepers – the newest kids on the block at Harcourt’s Organic Farming Co-Operative. Over the past few weeks The Orchard Keepers – aka Terry Eyssens, Yoann Le Guen, Ingrid Hyland and Alex Kelly – have taken over…
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A walk on the wildflower side
Rare and striking wildflowers of the Macedon Ranges are celebrated in a combined Newham and District Landcare Group / Woodend Landcare film project. The two groups have captured stunning images of wildflowers in bloom at Woodend’s Grassland Reserve and Quarry Road Reserve, and along Newham’s rural roadsides. Newham group secretary Helen Scott said the locations…
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Outrage at kangaroo processing proposal
National wildlife welfare advocates in Castlemaine say a proposed kangaroo pet food meat processing plant at Inglewood risks wiping out that area’s native kangaroo population within months. They’re urging the state member for Bendigo West and the state’s agriculture minister to intervene to stop the plant going ahead. The Campaspe Meat Company has applied to…
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Protection a burden?
Proposed heritage overlays could be too great a burden on not-for-profit organisations, Macedon Ranges Shire Council has heard. Freemasons Victoria and the Coptic Orthodox Church have urged reconsideration of overlays at Woodend Masonic Lodge and Campaspe House respectively as the council deliberates its latest amendment to the heritage study. Representing Freemasons, Andrew Baird said a…
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Hospitality struggles through restrictions
Regional hospitality venues had the green light to reopen with lockdown lifting on Friday but many remained shut as tough restrictions rendered some operations not viable. The latest pandemic restrictions cap hospitality patrons to just 10 inside and 20 seated outside – a fraction of the capacity of many venues. Owner of The Malmsbury, Anda…
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Maldon millionaire!
A young Maldon man’s dream of buying his very own home can now come true after he scored $2.5 million in the weekend’s TattsLotto draw. The local player held one of the four division one winning entries in TattsLotto draw 4189, drawn Saturday September 11 – each pocketed $2.5 million. Speaking with an official from…
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Meet the market mutts
The fundraising team at St Paul’s Anglican Church has again been able to make ‘Market Mutts’ Dogs of the Kyneton Farmers Market calendar for 2022. This was possible due to the generosity of local photographer Simon Griffiths who donated his time to take photos of 112 dogs! Father Ian Howath recently left St Paul’s to…