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  • VCAT appeal win

    VCAT appeal win

    Plans for a Kyneton special needs family refuge have been approved in a VCAT appeal despite its Farm Zone location….

  • Ecotherapy park celebrated

    Ecotherapy park celebrated

    Years in the making, Romsey Ecotherapy Park was officially opened to the community last Wednesday. The park is the result…

  • First People’s exhibition opens

    First People’s exhibition opens

    A permanent cultural exhibition, Boorp Boorp Boondyil (Passing Knowledge to our Children), was officially launched at the Castlemaine Visitor Centre…

  • Kyneton Cup at Bendigo today

    Kyneton Cup at Bendigo today

    The $125,000 bet365 Kyneton Cup for 2022 will  highlight a nine-event program being run at Bendigo today (Wednesday). The Kyneton meeting…

  • Artists put environmental treasures into focus

    Artists put environmental treasures into focus

    Few know the value and majestic power of natural landscapes more deeply than visual artists. It’s no wonder then, that…

  • Volunteers call out dumping and looting

    Volunteers call out dumping and looting

    Volunteers at Kyneton’s Uniting Church Op Shop are once again calling for people to be more considerate than to dump…

  • CLUB HOMELESS AFTER FLOOD

    CLUB HOMELESS AFTER FLOOD

    Amy Hume Destructive floodwaters have rendered the Malmsbury Cricket Club homeless ahead of the imminent 2022-23 cricket season. Ripped up…

  • Climate activist in court

    Climate activist in court

    Jade Jungwirth Climate activist Trevor Scott appeared at Castlemaine Magistrates Court last Friday after gluing himself to the former federal…

  • Gallery closure looms

    Gallery closure looms

    Lisa DennisCastlemaine Art Museum is facing closure in the middle of next year. It needs a large injection of funding…

  • New space for Newstead

    New space for Newstead

    Newstead 2021 has received a grant of $19,799 to create a new community space on the old railway platform. The…

  • Bees mean business

    Bees mean business

    Alarmed at the plight of bees under threat from disease and habitat loss, DO Pathways, the supported employment branch of…

  • Portrait selected for Hidden Faces

    Portrait selected for Hidden Faces

    A portrait by Trentham artist Louise Otten has been selected in the 2022 Victorian Salon des Refuses – Hidden Faces…