Woodend begins countdown to Christmas
Woodend residents are being urged to dig into their wool stashes and pull out their crochet hooks to help create the town's Christmas tree...
Call catches burglar
Police response to a Triple Zero call in Woodend recovered a series of stolen items on Monday.
Gisborne and Kyneton police responded to reports of...
An ‘act of intellectual reconciliation’
The ancient methods traditional Indigenous cultures used to memorise important information had to work.
They could literally mean the difference between life and death.
Now prolific...
Join the Royal family
Castlemaine's Theatre Royal launched its second annual 'Loyal Royal' membership drive on October 1 and is once again inviting community members to join the...
Platypus numbers good at Malmsbury
Eight platypus - six males and two females - were recorded during a recent trapping survey along the Coliban River at Malmsbury.
All were in...
Chicks go online
It is time to don your favourite frock and floral accessory, switch your computer on and turn up the volume for this year's Chicks...
Western Water fined over spill
Western Water has been slapped with an $8261 fine for an unlicensed discharge of Class B recycled water at Gisborne.
The spill of more than...
Scrutinised and surveyed
The 2020 Macedon Ranges local government election has attracted a high level of attention from a range of interested stakeholders.
Candidates have been scrutinised, surveyed...
Trucking life in focus
In a tribute to the trucking industry of Australia and the people who have kept the wheels turning during an extraordinary year, Castlemaine Rotary...
Romsey lager to fill pub’s void
Romsey may no longer have its pub but that hasn't stopped a new flow of local lager.
Benjamin Holmes and Shannon Wright are soon to...
K Hub arrives in Castlemaine
Castlemaine's new look K Hub (Kmart) store opened its doors to the public last Thursday morning.
A Welcome to Country and smoking ceremony was held...
Big backyard bird count
Campbells Creek's Jane Rusden has her trusty binoculars at the ready as she gets set for this month's Aussie Backyard Bird Count.
Jane is convenor...
