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DEAD take over Village Square

Castlemaine-based band/art project DEAD will play a free show at the town's 'Village Square' entertainment space on Friday, March 4 over sunset, on a...

Retrospective exhibition at Vaughan

After 20 years, respected Vaughan artist Jenny Morton is saying farewell to her family home and studio 'Art at Morton's Fork' and will have...

Contract awarded for upgrade of fatality road

Eve Lamb A contested vote of council has seen a local earthmoving firm clinch the $529,842 contract for roadworks to upgrade notorious Fogartys Gap Road...

Coles for Romsey?

Supermarket giant Coles has confirmed it has interest in Romsey. A Coles spokesperson told the Express last week, "Along with sites all around the country, we are...

Flare-up reignites grassland blaze

Eve Lamb A flare-up from a previous fire has been blamed for igniting a grassfire that saw residents in the Newstead and Sandon area issued...

Championship in his sights

Fourth-generation Romsey axeman Blake Meyer is sharpening his focus on the STIHL Timbersports Australian Trophy Championship next month. The 14-time Victorian Tree Felling Champion will...

What! Me? Sing?

Notes from a wobbly Woodend Warbler Lindsay Cumming When my daughter, newly arrived in Woodend with her family last year, suggested I join her to give...

Idea takes seed

Three friends are establishing a native nursery for the Macedon Ranges, with a goal of continuing and expanding the legacy of Woodend identity Robin...

Explore Kyneton through art

The second Kyneton Contemporary Art Triennial, ‘Holding the Circle’, launches this March. Eleven artists from around Australia have been commissioned to develop new work in...

Mask rules to ease

A number of further changes to pandemic orders and public health recommendations in Victoria will come into place at 11.59pm on Friday February 25. The...

Celebrating Indigenous heritage

Eve Lamb The Aboriginal story of two local landmarks is being recorded and shared via a new public mural being created by local Indigenous artist...

Art project explodes mental health stigma

Aimee Timpson likes to colour outside the lines and harness her creativity to express deep and often painful emotions as well as observe daily...

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