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  • A tree-change tale from Kyneton

    A tree-change tale from Kyneton

    The challenges of renovating a rundown country home in Kyneton provided ample material for playwright Tahli Corin and her screenwriter…

  • It takes a village

    It takes a village

    Perhaps now more than ever, we are all keenly aware of just how important it is to shop local and…

  • Grand old dame gets a makeover

    Grand old dame gets a makeover

    Works to restore and preserve Castlemaine’s historic Market Building are continuing to draw a huge amount of interest. The Express…

  • Turning periods into pathways

    Turning periods into pathways

    A group of local Macedon Ranges women has been making sustainable, reusable menstrual hygiene kits to distribute to girls across…

  • A welcome sign of spring

    A welcome sign of spring

    It’s a welcome sign that spring is here when the daffodils are blooming and the lambs are being born. Quadruplets…

  • Democracy shift for Hepburn

    Democracy shift for Hepburn

    The launch of a new ‘Community Voice’ group marks a new era of democracy in Hepburn Shire. Community Voice is…

  • Life in a parallel universe – Photo makes NY exhibition

    Life in a parallel universe – Photo makes NY exhibition

    A photograph from Sandy Scheltema’s ‘Life in The Time of Corona Virus’ series is among just 1000 selected from 35,000…

  • Mining bid no laughing matter

    Mining bid no laughing matter

    Tom Gleeson has used his star power for a second time to help shut down mining plans spanning a huge…

  • Get on board with Harcourt’s Miniature Railway

    Get on board with Harcourt’s Miniature Railway

    It’s an imposing sight. The newly built replica of Maryborough’s grand 1870s railway station, complete with newly added clock tower,…

  • Help for new parents

    Help for new parents

    Castlemaine-based doula Elloise Moffatt has launched a free online parent group aimed to support first-time and new parents across the…

  • Carbon neutral plan for council

    Carbon neutral plan for council

    Mount Alexander Shire Council has adopted a detailed plan outlining the path it now intends to follow to achieve zero…

  • ‘Stakeholders’ call for new candidates

    ‘Stakeholders’ call for new candidates

    A group of ‘concerned local stakeholders’ who believe the potential of the Macedon Ranges “is being constrained by current regional…