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  • Lancefield plan endorsed – Councillors divided on ‘community opinion’

    Lancefield plan endorsed – Councillors divided on ‘community opinion’

    Passionate pleas for council to dump a restrictive development plan for Lancefield have ended in disappointment for some landowners. Macedon…

  • Threats trigger security

    Threats trigger security

    Security and police have been engaged over threats from the public made to Macedon Ranges Shire Council staff. Security guards…

  • MAINfm kicking goals for community

    MAINfm kicking goals for community

    The second annual MAIN Kick-Off is hitting Castlemaine’s Camp Reserve this Saturday for a community fundraiser of a different kind!…

  • Brewing some good

    Brewing some good

    A new craft beer co-operative took its shaky first steps last week in Castlemaine. Rock & Ranges Brewing Co-operative is…

  • Broiler farm battle ends

    Broiler farm battle ends

    Local residents who led a protracted legal battle against large-scale chicken broiler farms being built at Baringhup are celebrating this…

  • To Lonely, With Love

    To Lonely, With Love

    Melbourne’s La Mama Theatre returns to Taradale’s Ash Tree Studio this month with an emotion-packed play based on the real-life…

  • Walk together with courage

    Walk together with courage

    A host of events are planned for National Reconciliation Week in Mount Alexander Shire – starting this Sunday with a…

  • Tackling the ‘wildfire gateway’

    Tackling the ‘wildfire gateway’

    Malmsbury Common has long been regarded as a neglected piece of land. Large areas of gorse, non-native grasses and a…

  • Biggest morning stroll

    Biggest morning stroll

    Pull on your walking shoes and take a stroll around Castlemaine’s beautiful botanical gardens for a very good cause this…

  • Bittersweet result

    Bittersweet result

    It was a bittersweet result for returning Labor MPs Lisa Chesters and Rob Mitchell as they celebrated comfortable wins in…

  • For writers and thinkers

    For writers and thinkers

    Whether you’ve got a book and you want to self-publish, or you’ve lost the plot… or perhaps you’re interested in…

  • Tempo builds for jazz fest

    Tempo builds for jazz fest

    A month after their release, ticket sales to this year’s Castlemaine Jazz Festival are building tempo with organisers now encouraging…