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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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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)….
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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…
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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…
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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…