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  • Towering achievement for ambitious project

    Towering achievement for ambitious project

    The Victorian Miniature Railway has achieved an exciting milestone in the construction of its Harcourt Miniature Railway project – installing…

  • Support grows for local producers

    Support grows for local producers

    The face of farmers markets has changed across the region since coronavirus hit and has given rise to a more…

  • ‘Protect the region’

    ‘Protect the region’

    A Kyneton business owner has refused to take bookings from people wanting to visit from Melbourne’s coronavirus lockdown areas. Ellenis…

  • YJC LOCKDOWN

    YJC LOCKDOWN

    Malmsbury Youth Justice Centre is in lockdown after a worker tested positive for coronavirus over the weekend. The Midland Express…

  • Second COVID-19 case confirmed for Coles Woodend

    Second COVID-19 case confirmed for Coles Woodend

    A second team member at Coles’ Woodend supermarket is self-isolating after testing positive for COVID-19. A Coles spokesperson said the…

  • New coronavirus cases for Macedon Ranges

    New coronavirus cases for Macedon Ranges

    The Macedon Ranges has recorded two new active cases of COVID-19 since yesterday, bringing the total number of active cases…

  • Hub push for funds

    Hub push for funds

    Macedon locals are fighting to keep momentum for a much-anticipated community hub as they face a cost blowout for the…

  • Castlemaine State Fest offers grants to creatives

    Castlemaine State Fest offers grants to creatives

    Virus or no virus, come March next year the Castlemaine State Festival will happen, its director says. Exactly what form…

  • Farmers win in land battle

    Farmers win in land battle

    A fourth generation Springfield farming family has taken on the state government in a David and Goliath battle over land,…

  • CHECKPOINT CHEATS

    CHECKPOINT CHEATS

    Macedon Ranges residents have raised concern over how easily people have been able to enter the shire from COVID-19 lockdown…

  • Coles Woodend staff member positive

    Coles Woodend staff member positive

    A team member at Coles’ Woodend supermarket is self-isolating after testing positive for COVID-19. In a statement posted to the…

  • New digs for Kyneton crews

    New digs for Kyneton crews

    The Kyneton team of electricity distributor Powercor has moved into a new depot. The $10 million development at Redesdale Road…