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  • In Your Face at Newstead

    In Your Face at Newstead

    A new art project at Newstead will invite people to try their hand at portraiture, capturing the faces that make…

  • Tastings back on the menu

    Tastings back on the menu

    Cellar door operators are toasting their return in time for the Queen’s Birthday weekend following pressure on the state government…

  • Spit roast sparks blaze at New Gisborne

    Spit roast sparks blaze at New Gisborne

    Residents in a duplex house in New Gisborne woke in fright to find their home on fire in the early…

  • Grants cash splash

    Grants cash splash

    Maldon Urban Landcare has reason to feel well pleased with itself this week after being named among the local groups…

  • Community rallies for maternity services

    Community rallies for maternity services

    Local group ‘Support Birthing at Castlemaine Health’ garnered more than 1000 signatures in 72 hours calling for birthing services to…

  • Foundry powering on through pandemic

    Foundry powering on through pandemic

    Castlemaine’s Billmans Foundry was gearing up for the unveiling of its largest project to date – two beautiful bronze whales…

  • Shared trail on track

    Shared trail on track

    Construction on a Macedon Ranges shared-use trail will soon begin with the state government announcing $8.75 million towards the project…

  • Latest edition of Hot Rodding International hits stands

    Latest edition of Hot Rodding International hits stands

    For the past 43 years, the monthly Australian Street Rodding magazine has been published from the offices of Graffiti Publications in Castlemaine….

  • Capturing Trentham

    Capturing Trentham

    Tea pots, ukuleles, paintbrushes, gaming and pets have all been a part of life in lockdown, and now captured as…

  • Reading habits change

    Reading habits change

    The reading habits of Castlemaine residents may have changed a tad during lockdown it seems. Joyce Sanders of Castlemaine’s Soldier…

  • Cheese venture ripens

    Cheese venture ripens

    Castlemaine’s new artisan cheesemaking business is on track to produce its first trial batches of cheese by mid-July and be…

  • Art from isolation

    Art from isolation

    Five creative women from Kyneton have collaborated to produce an audio-led theatre experience for families to enjoy at home. The…