Slow down – Residents call for speed reduction
The speed limit on Ranters Gully Road at Muckleford is dangerous and needs to be lowered to avoid an accident, concerned residents of the...
New festival collapses
An arts and wellness festival awarded $450,000 in state government funding has been cancelled.
Eyebrows were raised when the government announced the significant funding allocation...
Dames, drinks … and drawing
It's amazing what goes on in little country halls.
Just ask the folk out Guildford way where the local music hall has turned its hand...
Sunday session
A live music concert at the Kyneton Racecourse is the latest fundraising effort by the Kyneton Football Netball Club.
Popular singer/songwriter Reece Mastin, who is...
Feed it forward
A generosity food movement across Lancefield and Romsey aims to turn reclaimed fresh produce into nutritious shared-table meals.
Feed it Forward will make use of...
Devotion to duty
Newstead local Trevor Mitchell has been recognised for his bravery during a devastating fire aboard petrol tanker ship HMAS Westralia in 1998.
The publican, Forty...
Higher status for forests
Greater conservation protection for the Cobaw and Wombat State Forests has been proposed following the completion of an investigation into significant areas of native...
Professionalism commended
Two local detectives have been commended for their professionalism in investigating a raft of serious offences committed by inmates who escaped from the Malmsbury...
Colour runs riot
What better way to celebrate life in all its charm, chaos and occasional confusion than with a riotous celebration of colour.
And so it was...
Makybe Diva’s local girl
Super mare, three-time Melbourne Cup winner Makybe Diva gave birth to a filly early Friday morning. And dad is a local lad, one of...
Fine-tuning required: says council
Macedon Ranges Shire Council has declined to endorse a localised planning statement until it is fine-tuned.
The Macedon Ranges Statement of Planning Policy was formally...
Attack on plastic
Woodend residents joined in a global day of action on Saturday by holding a plastic attack at their local Coles supermarket.
A plastic attack is...
