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Ranges declares climate emergency
Macedon Ranges has joined 32 Victorian local councils in declaring a climate emergency and stepping up its plan for action. In its next budget the council will consider increased climate action response, which includes two paid staff ($189,000 total), and $50,000 over two years to accelerate its Cool Changes program to all towns by 2023.…
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Where art meets … footy!
Sport and art are often pitched as polar opposites. But now a Castlemaine artist has teamed up with the Castlemaine Football Netball Club to bring the two fields much closer together, creating a two-channel video to be projected onto the CFNC clubrooms. Play On is the brainchild of Castlemaine’s Martin John Lee and explores the loss…
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New look for good cause
Castlemaine’s Ebony Robinson Greenley has a sleek new look after bidding farewell to her lovely long locks – all for a top-notch cause. The 21-year-old decided to sign up for the Leukaemia Foundation’s World’s Greatest Shave with an initial aim to raise $500. After setting her decisive appointment with local hairdresser Jodie McLean, Ebony is…
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Bridge on Froomes decision time looms
The future of Castlemaine’s Froomes Road Bridge is expected to become clearer after next month’s Mount Alexander Shire Council meeting. Whether it will be replaced with a single or double-lane structure remains a matter of controversy since the former council last year ratified awarding a $1,018,300.10 contract to VEC Pty Ltd to replace the current…
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Students brave the razor
Eight year 12 Sacred Heart College students and one past 2020 student braved the razor earlier this month to raise more than $9000 in the World’s Greatest Shave. Working to raise funds together as team ‘Pokemon Bald’ they have to date reached $9,195.08 – well above their target of $7000! All funds raised go towards…
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Fun and fundraising at Foodworks
Staff at Gisborne’s Williamson’s Foodworks will hand over their day’s wages and all profits made at the store on April 2 to the Royal Children’s Hospital Good Friday Appeal. It’s been a store tradition for more than eight years and could see as much as $30,000 raised for RCH with a morning of family fun…
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Gas leaks may be linked
Multiple gas leaks within a block of each other in Castlemaine CBD in recent days are the subject of an investigation aimed at identifying the cause. CFA units from Castlemaine and Campbells Creek attended following reports of a gas leak shortly after 8am on Thursday morning at the old fire station building – now operating…
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Life at The Paddock – Guided site tours on Sunday
Sixteen months after moving into her new abode in Castlemaine’s agenda-setting eco village, The Paddock, Deb Shand is loving her new lifestyle. The retired library technician is an escapee from metro Melbourne and became the proud new owner of one of the first seven residences built at The Paddock after she met project co-founder Neil…
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Time to Re-Activate
This Saturday for one night only the streets of Castlemaine will come alive with seven hours of free entertainment as part of the 2021 Castlemaine Fringe Festival. There will truly be something for everyone with a Teddy Bears Picnic at Victory Park, projections on the exterior of the Market Building, a pop-up disco, a hula…
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Festival bursts into life
Award-winning South Sudanese singer-songwriter and activist Ajak Kwai delighted the Castlemaine State Festival opening night crowd with her funky afro-beats and extraordinary voice in a sold out show on the main stage at Castlemaine’s Western Reserve on Friday evening. The performance was also live-streamed and shared via a live radio cross by MainFM so those…
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Man enough to speak up?
Tradie and mental health advocate Jeremy Forbes is encouraging Macedon Ranges locals to share their thoughts on what it means to be a man in 2021. He has thrown his support behind new research project The Human Code that looks at men’s mental health specifically within the Macedon Ranges. Mr Forbes said Macedon Ranges had…
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Friends raise dough for local baker in need
A crowdfunding campaign has raised more than $50,000 for a local family in crisis. Castlemaine resident and founder of Trentham’s famous RedBeard Historic Bakery John Reid was diagnosed with brain cancer in February, placing enormous stress on his wife Thaïs Sansom and their three sons. A friend’s initiative and community generosity has brought some welcome…