News
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A re-purpose focus
An op shop with a focus on funding local natural environment projects will open its doors in Castlemaine this Friday….
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Hospitality hit hard
Labour market shortages and COVID uncertainty are placing strain on Macedon Ranges’ hospitality industry. Many have successfully pivoted to takeaway…
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International acclaim
Performances in short film recognised around the world Castlemaine resident John Flaus is well known to Australian audiences and has…
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Join the ‘Vacctorians’
Some Mount Alexander Shire councillors were among those lining up on Friday morning to get their COVID-19 jabs, joining the…
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VICTORIAN FIRST FOR WASTE
Mount Alexander Sustainability Group has secured DON Smallgoods in Castlemaine as the development site of a proposed multi-million dollar bioenergy…
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Grand plans for Clarkefield?
Developers have hatched a grand plan for the future of Clarkefield and yesterday began community consultation on their proposal. APD…
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Top shot from firie
Chewton Fire Brigade volunteer Steve Womersley has been named runner-up in the annual CFA National Volunteer Week Photo Competition.Steve snapped…
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Welcomer of babies
For three decades Chris O’Higgins has welcomed newborn babies into the Kyneton and district community.The recently retired maternal and child…
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Artist moved to mark history
Inspired by our report on the campaign to rename Hutton Street in Kyneton due to its namesake’s links to an…
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Castlemaine supermarket plan heads to VCAT
A controversial planning permit application for a proposed Woolworths supermarket in Castlemaine’s Forest Street is headed to VCAT with a…
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Nature played ‘a trump card’ – Burn controller details what went wrong in Cobaw planned burn
The man at the centre of two planned burns that escaped control in the Cobaw Forest 12 years apart has…
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Kyneton hotel fire leads to arrest
A Kyneton man has been arrested after three people were injured in a suspicious fire in the Newmarket Hotel at…