La Mama debut for Taradale
Taradale slapped on some sunscreen, cracked open an esky and eased back into a deckchair as Melbourne's famed La Mama Theatre transported the town...
House thrown a lifeline
Macedon locals are overjoyed with the shire council's decision to scrap the intended sale of 47 Victoria Street.
The much-loved house was the former maternal...
Hitting the open road
All of us have owned a 'shitbox' at one stage of our lives and have probably been grateful if it simply got us from...
Old hospital plans abandoned
Plans to develop the Old Kyneton Hospital site into residential housing have been abandoned, with the site now up for sale by expressions of...
USA coming up roses
We're all familiar with the slow-food movement. Well, sustainability, provenance, ethics and the war on waste apply to the cut-flower industry too; just ask...
Encouraging a love of reading
A new community project will see books available across the Mount Alexander Shire for children to read.
The Book Boxes project has been developed by...
Neglected and ignored – Residents plead for council to close road
When new housing estates dramatically increase traffic and dust on an unsealed local road should the residents of that road have to pay for...
Orchard theft dismay
Students at Romsey Primary School have been left devastated after their entire fruit orchard was stripped of its fruit by callous thieves over the...
Queen bee takes title
Claire Moore has won the prestigious Victorian AgriFutures Rural Women's Award, with a plan to boost bee population and genetic diversity through artificial insemination.
Minister...
Our own voices
Hundreds of Castlemaine school students joined Friday's global School Strike for Climate Action calling on the nation's leaders to take more decisive action to...
Fun for a cause
For the second year running the family fun day event Race Ya will be held in Maldon supporting the Asthma Foundation in memory of...
Support for micro-abattoir
Woodend farmer Ben Falloon is fast gaining support for an on-farm poultry micro-abattoir model that could revolutionise the way small producers operate.
The pastured chicken...
