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Prison officer assaulted at Malmsbury YJC
A Malmsbury Youth Justice Centre worker suffered serious upper body injuries in an assault by an inmate on Monday night. The male victim was taken to hospital in a serious but stable condition. A Department of Justice and Community Safety spokesperson confirmed the incident occurred about 7pm.“A staff member was transported by Ambulance Victoria to…
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Ancient Crete culture inspires
A year-long stay on the Greek island of Crete led Woodend’s Karen Martin to pen her first novel.The independent theatre director and writer was planning to spend the year writing a play but discovered Minoan history instead. “When I arrived in Crete in 2016, I learnt about the Minoans – an amazing matriarchal civilisation that…
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Kyneton Health passes 25,000 COVID-19 tests
Kyneton Health’s Respiratory Assessment Clinic team recently celebrated a major milestone with more than 25,000 tests taken since the onset of COVID-19. Kyneton Health took its first test in the Urgent Care Centre on February 22, 2020, and opened a stand-alone Respiratory Assessment Clinic in the old ambulance bay in April that same year. Central…
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Refugee stories should be heard
Macedon Ranges Rural Australians for Refugees want to open up conversations in the community about people who have come by boat seeking safety in Australia. The refugee support group has arranged a special community information session later this month to be addressed by Christine Cummins who for five years was a trauma counsellor at the…
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Radiothon hits the airwaves
MainFM’s annual Radiothon ‘Listen Local’ subscription drive continues this week with daily festivities until Sunday night.Every dollar raised through subscriptions to the station will be used to cover costs and maintain technology at the community mainstay. MainFM station manager Steph Riddel said despite the lockdown they were persevering and the show was going on with…
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Learn screenwriting from a pro
It’s lights, camera, action for a series of screenwriting workshops in Kyneton for teenagers.Drawing on his 20 years of experience in theatre, film and TV, Joshua Tyler will use dramatic writing techniques to help students harness the power of storytelling. In this hands-on, interactive, energetic and collaborative course, Joshua will engage students with individual and…
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Don’t trash our bushland
Chewton residents are outraged after a significant quantity of rubbish was discovered illegally dumped in bushland in the Castlemaine Diggings National Heritage Park. Among locals demanding action to clean up, and better police, the unsightly practice, Chewton’s John Ellis said the mess was discovered in bushland off Morgan Track.“It just makes me bloody angry,” Mr…
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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 in the 2021 International Wine and Spirit Competition, awarded 95 points in the Worldwide Whisky category. The Mount Macedon distillery’s founders, best known for their award-winning gins, were pleasantly surprised to gain instant kudos for…
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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 property on Bryces Lane at Newham this afternoon. The 45-year-old construction worker was opening the gate about 1.15pm when his heavy rigid truck rolled forward and pinned him.He was freed by colleagues who came to…
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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 champion.“I could not believe it,” Mr Kohlman said. “I have never won anything like this.”He won through from the last Kyneton Show in 2019 to be the first male to win the delayed Central and…
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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’ and transporters’ course delivered through Wildlife Victoria is coming up next month and Mount Alexander and Macedon Ranges locals are being encouraged to take part. “We’re desperately short of rescuers and transporters in our area,”…
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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 to boost tourism and local trade earlier this year, has been criticised for being “poorly developed, poorly communicated and lacking in business participation”. “[It] left the community as a whole bewildered. We have to do…