Local News
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Married and buried in the age of COVID
It’s a tough time to need a funeral or to want to get married. But local celebrants say that despite COVID-19 restrictions it’s still possible to mark these important life ceremonies – particularly using technology. Under Victoria’s COVID-19 restrictions, weddings are now limited to just five people including the religious minister, priest or celebrant presiding,…
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Library lovers panic borrow
Forget panic buying toilet paper – panic book borrowing was higher on the agenda for many as libraries state-wide prepared for their second COVID-19 shutdown last week. Libraries were inundated with bookworms hoping to take home a tall enough pile of reading material to keep them occupied during the service’s six-week closure. Goldfields Library Corporation…
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Property to be sold to recoup rates
Macedon Ranges Shire Council has resorted to drastic measures to recoup unpaid rates of more than 10 years on a residential Gisborne property. As a last resort, the council has gained authority to sell or transfer the property at 103 Sheedy Road under Section 181 of the Local Government Act 2020. John Hausler, council’s director…
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Woodend wildlife op shop opens
A new op shop has opened in Woodend to provide much-needed financial support for our regional wildlife rescue and shelter services. Woodend local Sandy Howe has opened Wildlife Shelters Op Shop, at 42 Urquhart Street, after years of wanting to do more to help protect our native wildlife. Having worked for the neighbouring Salvos Store…
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ADF assists at Kyneton testing clinic
Six members of the Australian Defence Force have been deployed to help assist nursing staff at Kyneton Health’s COVID-19 screening clinic. The Respiratory Assessment Clinic at Kyneton Health is one of two clinics operated by Central Highlands Rural Health. The other clinic is in Daylesford. Since opening at the beginning of April, Kyneton Health’s Respiratory…
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Employees rise to the challenge
The aged-care workforce in Australia is made up of more than 360,000 people working in nursing, personal care, allied health, catering, cleaning, leisure, administration, maintenance and more to contribute to the care and wellbeing of older people. RM Begg Kyneton Aged Care will celebrate these dedicated team members on Aged Care Employee Day on August…
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Capturing life in the time of coronavirus
Trentham photographer Sandy Scheltema is thrilled to be successful in her Sustaining Creative Workers grant application, part of the Victorian Government’s survival package for the state’s creative sector. Funding from Creative Victoria and Regional Arts Victoria will help her work on her photographic series ‘Life in The Time of Corona Virus in Central Victoria’. The…
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Beanies make Gisborne No. 1
Gisborne Football Netball Club and its affiliates have raised $88,880 this year for FightMND Big Freeze 6, by far the largest amount by any community fundraising group. “As a club, as a community, we are only too pleased to support FightMND and the battle against the deadly disease,” Gisborne FNC president John Wood said at…
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Sacred Heart College student tests positive for COVID-19
Local health services have confirmed that a student at Sacred Heart College in Kyneton has tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19). The student was at school until last Thursday and was tested last Saturday. The student also travelled to and from Kyneton High School on Friday to access a work placement. In a letter sent to…
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Residents vow to fight
It’s a problem that is well and truly on the nose … just where can all that waste from mobile homes go? Macedon Ranges Shire Council is continuing to investigate possible sites for a new recreational vehicle waste disposal point in Kyneton. The current site at Kyneton Mineral Springs Reserve, a septic system, has been…
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Castlemaine star on the rise
One of Castlemaine’s latest imports, hip hop artist Dallas Woods, performed his new single If it glitters it’s gold with his Castlemaine band live on ABC TV’s new show ‘The Sound’ on Sunday afternoon. The episode was filmed at the iconic Castlemaine Rod Shop. The Sound puts live Australian music back on free-to-air TV. Each…
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Review triggers backlash from tiny housers
Proposed local law changes for Mount Alexander Shire have tiny house advocates up in arms. As part of its current wider local laws review Mount Alexander Shire Council is proposing changes to the laws governing camping on private property – something with implications for tiny house residents. The proposed new local law would allow people…