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A fence too far?

Twelve Lancefield residents have until December's end to tear down their fences and gardens to accommodate a new council footpath. The High Street residents discovered,...

$120,000 boost for rail trail

Plans to develop the Castlemaine-Maryborough Rail Trail have moved a step closer with the state government committing $120,000 to assist with crucial planning for...

Old hospital reno begins

Building works begin this week on the long-awaited redevelopment of the old Kyneton Hospital precinct. Aged-care provider Embracia Victoria is planning co-located aged care and...

Comp tempts taste buds

Holgate Brewhouse is tempting taste buds through a competition tapping into one of its most popular beers. The Woodend brewery is offering a $500 prize...

Spicy taco looks likely to warm

Eve Lamb It's an attention-securing start to our phone conversation. "All my life I've been joking about how I'm half-Colombian because my mum got knocked up...

Farmers win favour

A Kyneton sheep farming family is bound for big plans after a critical decision was made in their favour. The Pinto family aims to be...

Urgent plea on netball needs

Kyneton netballers have made an urgent and desperate plea for action to bring their facilities up to code. Last week, Kyneton Football Netball Club secretary,...

Honour ‘quite a shock’

Eve Lamb Truth is we all get old, if we're lucky, so it's nice to know that someone like Marilyn Bennet is out there doing...

Royal honour for fest favourite

There's hardly a person in Kyneton who doesn't know Marg Dearricott. In perhaps her best known role as the long-running secretary of the Kyneton Daffodil...

Practical support for learner drivers

Getting that all-important driver's licence is one of those rights of passage most teenagers aspire to when they turn 16. Today’s laws require the budding...

The nun in the cage

A recent program screened on ABC TV showed an 87-year-old Melbourne nun, confined in a cage. She was protesting the detention of refugees by Australian...

Men flee scene of crash at Kyneton

Police are searching for male offenders who left the scene of a collision in Kyneton this morning. Two or three males were travelling in a...

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