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Ethical effort in Woodend
A Woodend resident has recruited local businesses to join a campaign promoting the sale of ethically produced products. Margaret Leahy is a member of ACRATH – Australian Catholic Religious Against Trafficking in Humans – an organisation committed to supporting and advocating for people in exploited and forced labour around the world. She is encouraging people…
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Felix stars in Fires
A seven-year-old Kyneton boy has made his acting debut in an episode of new ABC television series Fires. Felix Deadman stars alongside Sam Worthington and Eliza Scanlen in episode four of the six-part series, which takes us back to the traumatic summer of 2019-20 as bushfires raged across the country. Felix has always wanted to be…
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Petition to allow crowds at Kyneton Cup
Macedon Ranges resident Suzanne Carroll, a successful fashion designer and ardent racegoer, has made a petition-led bid to persuade authorities to allow spectators to attend the 2021 Kyneton Cup race meeting on November 3. The Riddells Creek entrepreneur said the residents of Macedon Ranges had supported the action to get vaccinated and deserved to be…
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Students strike again for climate justice
Castlemaine students have once again gone on ‘strike’ joining countless thousands of youngsters across the nation demanding genuine policy change to rapidly check the looming threat of runaway climate change. On Friday students from both local primary and secondary schools took to the steps of Castlemaine’s central Market Building to hold placards, be seen, and…
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For walkers and moochers…
Whether you’re into bushwalking or more of a moocher when it comes to taking a hike, you may find the Friends of the Box Ironbark Forests’ brand new book worth trekking out to secure. Just days after its release, Twenty Bushwalks in the Mount Alexander Region is being eagerly snapped up by bushwalking devotees much to the…
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PUB PUSH REIGNITED
A push to re-open Romsey’s only pub has been renewed with a petition attracting nearly 2500 signatures since it launched last week. The pub has sat dormant and boarded up for four years, and local residents say it is time for it to be restored and reopened or sold on. Lead petitioner Sandra Chestnut told…
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LANES PLAN DIVIDES
Opinion is divided among Woodend and Macedon residents over a Regional Roads Victoria plan to reconfigure Black Forest Drive from four lanes to two. The $6 million project for 11.7 kilometres of works on the road linking the two towns will see the current four-lane configuration reduced to two lanes plus a three-metre-wide painted centre…
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Three weeks later: Kyneton woman finally claims $1 million TattsLotto win!
More than three weeks after the draw, a Kyneton woman has today come forward to claim her $1 million TattsLotto win, with plans to book a round-the-world trip when she can. The Victorian held one of the five division one winning entries in TattsLotto draw 4193, drawn Saturday September 25 – each pocketed $1,303,213.75. So…
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Spring into science
A raft of COVID-safe events this spring is the perfect opportunity to get outside, enjoy the sunshine and learn about your local environment. Spring is when your backyard and local parks and gardens come to life. Birds are busy, reptiles are waking up and flowers are showing off. The North Central Catchment Management Authority has…
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Royal takes top honour
Castlemaine’s Theatre Royal has won the award for Best Regional/Outer Suburban Venue (over 50 gigs per year) at the Music Victoria Awards 2021. This is the fourth time the local venue has claimed the honour, making it the most successful regional venue in that category in the history of the awards. The award includes $3000…
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Maldon youth camp seeks support
Victorian Blue Light Youth Camp is seeking support to develop a series of youth mental health programs. For 30 years the camp, which has a base in Maldon, has provided learning opportunities for vulnerable and at-risk youths through programs that foster personal development, learning, leadership and trust. Now the camp is developing a program to…
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From little things…
Five years after the seed of an idea was planted, Castlemaine’s innovative seed library has blossomed and this month is celebrating its fifth birthday by launching a new website. “If you haven’t come across it yet, the Castlemaine Seed Library is a wonderful community resource,” coordinator Eliza-Jane Gilchrist says. “People donate seeds, a group of…