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  • World-class win

    World-class win

    Mountain Distilling has struck gold with a first-of-its-kind whisky of distinctly Australian flavour.The distillery’s Red Gum Single Malt won gold…

  • Man pinned by truck at Newham

    Man pinned by truck at Newham

    A man was lucky to escape serious injury after he was pinned by a truck to a gate at a…

  • Novice takes the cake

    Novice takes the cake

    Bernadette Nunn Kyneton’s Ian Kohlman has beaten the state’s best bakers to become the first man named Victoria’s carrot cake…

  • Hop to it and do wildlife rescue

    Hop to it and do wildlife rescue

    People keen to help injured native wildlife are about to get a great chance to do just that.A wildlife rescuers’…

  • Festival fail – Tourism drawcard leaves much to be desired

    Festival fail – Tourism drawcard leaves much to be desired

    This year’s Macedon Ranges Autumn Festival wound up in the gutter with the leaves, local residents have complained.The festival, aiming…

  • Fox bait fears

    Fox bait fears

    Dog owners in Edgecombe are on high alert after a neighbouring landowner laid poisonous fox baits across his property. The…

  • Council error to VCAT

    Council error to VCAT

    “Extension by stealth” is how some objectors have described changed operating conditions for Holgates Brewhouse’s discovery centre and beer gardens….

  • Maldon makeover milestone celebrated

    Maldon makeover milestone celebrated

    Wednesday marked a historic day for the Maldon township with work beginning to remove power poles and lines following the…

  • Hardwicks Meats joins forces with Kilcoy Global Foods

    Hardwicks Meats joins forces with Kilcoy Global Foods

    Kyneton-based beef and lamb processer Hardwicks Meats has joined forces with Queensland based billion-dollar global beef processor, Kilcoy Global Foods….

  • Mental health more important than ever

    Mental health more important than ever

    Youth Live4Life’s new headquarters in Woodend was officially opened on Friday by Macedon MP Mary-Anne Thomas and Macedon Ranges mayor…

  • School site operator named

    School site operator named

    The new tenant for the Old Kyneton Primary School site has finally been announced after months of speculation.In December 2020,…

  • Denise in the hot seat

    Denise in the hot seat

    Well-known Castlemaine local Denise Button is set to appear on the Nine network’s Millionaire Hot Seat.While not revealing too much about…