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  • A match made in toastie heaven

    A match made in toastie heaven

    The Social Foundry in Kyneton can take credit for many community success stories and now the team can add to…

  • Concern over church plan for Castlemaine

    Concern over church plan for Castlemaine

    A proposed church development that would become the largest place of assembly in Castlemaine is currently before Mount Alexander Shire…

  • Breaking down disability stigma

    Breaking down disability stigma

    Breaking down the stigma faced by people with disabilities is a passion for disability champion Hayden Walsh. Hayden has cerebral…

  • Filming in Fisher Street

    Filming in Fisher Street

    An instalment of Ms Fisher’s Modern Murder Mysteries was appropriately being filmed in Fisher Street Gisborne last week. St Andrew’s…

  • Celebrating our differences

    Celebrating our differences

    Today is the International Day of People with Disability. Mount Alexander Shire Disability Action Group chair Lorraine Le Plastrier said…

  • Taking a stand against gender-based violence

    Taking a stand against gender-based violence

    Three local primary schools are making a pledge to be proactive in the prevention of family violence and the promotion…

  • Respect women: call it out

    Respect women: call it out

    Macedon Ranges Family Violence Network held its International Day of Elimination of Violence against Women event at the Kyneton Mechanics…

  • EV tax slammed

    EV tax slammed

    With the first of the region’s new electric vehicle fast charge stations to roll out at Maryborough within days, advocates…

  • Busy, busy, busy at new Romsey Co-op

    Busy, busy, busy at new Romsey Co-op

    The new Romsey Community Co-Op was officially opened on Saturday. An initiative of the Romsey Neighbourhood House, the strategically placed…

  • Creative residencies

    Creative residencies

    Four local creatives have been given residency at the Phee Broadway Theatre in Castlemaine as part of the 2020-21 At…

  • Make an impact in Maldon

    Make an impact in Maldon

    Ambulance Victoria is on the hunt for first responders to provide lifesaving care across the Maldon region. New team members…

  • Brave young students sing

    Brave young students sing

    Twenty brave Kyneton Primary School students took a leap of faith to take part in a Victorian State School Spectacular…