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  • Doctor in the house

    Doctor in the house

    Overweight high school drop-outs from low socio-economic backgrounds don’t get to be doctors – especially if they are single mothers….

  • Car park confusion

    Car park confusion

    The installation of new one-way traffic signage and line marking arrows in the Woolworths car park in Kyneton caused considerable…

  • Sunny for senate

    Sunny for senate

    A Kyneton local with an innovative plan to address immigration and regional growth in Victoria has announced he will be…

  • La Mama debut for Taradale

    La Mama debut for Taradale

    Taradale slapped on some sunscreen, cracked open an esky and eased back into a deckchair as Melbourne’s famed La Mama…

  • House thrown a lifeline

    House thrown a lifeline

    Macedon locals are overjoyed with the shire council’s decision to scrap the intended sale of 47 Victoria Street. The much-loved…

  • Hitting the open road

    Hitting the open road

    All of us have owned a ‘shitbox’ at one stage of our lives and have probably been grateful if it…

  • Old hospital plans abandoned

    Old hospital plans abandoned

    Plans to develop the Old Kyneton Hospital site into residential housing have been abandoned, with the site now up for…

  • USA coming up roses

    USA coming up roses

    We’re all familiar with the slow-food movement. Well, sustainability, provenance, ethics and the war on waste apply to the cut-flower…

  • Encouraging a love of reading

    Encouraging a love of reading

    A new community project will see books available across the Mount Alexander Shire for children to read. The Book Boxes…

  • Neglected and ignored – Residents plead for council to close road

    Neglected and ignored – Residents plead for council to close road

    When new housing estates dramatically increase traffic and dust on an unsealed local road should the residents of that road…

  • Orchard theft dismay

    Orchard theft dismay

    Students at Romsey Primary School have been left devastated after their entire fruit orchard was stripped of its fruit by…

  • Queen bee takes title

    Queen bee takes title

    Claire Moore has won the prestigious Victorian AgriFutures Rural Women’s Award, with a plan to boost bee population and genetic…