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  • Park plan push

    Park plan push

    Momentum is building for a Gisborne community park on the spot where development could have taken hold five years ago…

  • Tigers kick off year with upgrade

    Tigers kick off year with upgrade

    Kyneton Football Netball Club will kick start the year with a $13,636 upgrade to its pavilion kitchen. Federal Member for…

  • Local cactus warriors honoured

    Local cactus warriors honoured

    The Tarrangower Cactus Control warriors have been honoured with a national Froggatt Award. The accolade is awarded to those who…

  • From Paris to Newham

    From Paris to Newham

    This is the story of a reunion…the kind of reunion people who sold something years ago only to find it…

  • Plastics war could step up

    Plastics war could step up

    A move to phase out single-use plastics in Macedon Ranges Shire Council’s operations could extend to some general community events….

  • New pooch park proving popular

    New pooch park proving popular

    Since it opened last month, Guildford’s new off-lead dog park has been proving very popular among dog owners and their…

  • Born by the river

    Born by the river

    Kyneton local Nancy Mortimer welcomed a new grandchild before Christmas who was in quite a hurry to arrive. Nancy’s son…

  • Conserving a local treasure

    Conserving a local treasure

    Locals will get a chance to help conserve one of the nation’s most remarkable endangered creatures that lives in Castlemaine’s …

  • Romsey site sought for new enterprise

    Romsey site sought for new enterprise

    Once ‘hidden’ local artisans can soon showcase their wares with the emergence of a new social enterprise in Romsey. The…

  • Light design not so bright

    Light design not so bright

    A Gisborne resident is fuming over new street lights installed in her estate that no longer match the heritage-look lamp…

  • Billboard blow – VCAT overturns council refusal

    Billboard blow – VCAT overturns council refusal

    Castlemaine residents who opposed plans to erect a large advertising billboard in Johnstone Street have been left in shock after…

  • Residents gutted

    Residents gutted

    A council plan to dig up heritage bluestone guttering in one of Kyneton’s oldest streets has residents threatening to form…