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  • A gnawing problem

    A gnawing problem

    Quite a few people are said to keep a secret in their closet. Turns out one Castlemaine area woman had…

  • Reverse advent calendar to share some Christmas cheer

    Reverse advent calendar to share some Christmas cheer

    A different kind of advent calendar aims to bring cheer to Macedon Ranges families in need this Christmas. Woodend Neighbourhood…

  • Mid-20th century Kyneton captured in calendar

    Mid-20th century Kyneton captured in calendar

    Life in mid-20th century Kyneton features in the Midland Express 2021 ‘The Way We Were’ Kyneton calendar, now available from…

  • Profound change: Film documents feminist movement

    Profound change: Film documents feminist movement

    Castlemaine’s Theatre Royal is looking forward to again partnering with the Castlemaine Documentary Film Festival on a screening tomorrow of…

  • Double-rail ‘disaster’

    Double-rail ‘disaster’

    Double-rail steel safety barriers on Romsey Road have been described as a “bureaucratic mess that has made the road less…

  • A match made in toastie heaven

    A match made in toastie heaven

    The Social Foundry in Kyneton can take credit for many community success stories and now the team can add to…

  • Concern over church plan for Castlemaine

    Concern over church plan for Castlemaine

    A proposed church development that would become the largest place of assembly in Castlemaine is currently before Mount Alexander Shire…

  • Breaking down disability stigma

    Breaking down disability stigma

    Breaking down the stigma faced by people with disabilities is a passion for disability champion Hayden Walsh. Hayden has cerebral…

  • Filming in Fisher Street

    Filming in Fisher Street

    An instalment of Ms Fisher’s Modern Murder Mysteries was appropriately being filmed in Fisher Street Gisborne last week. St Andrew’s…

  • Celebrating our differences

    Celebrating our differences

    Today is the International Day of People with Disability. Mount Alexander Shire Disability Action Group chair Lorraine Le Plastrier said…

  • Taking a stand against gender-based violence

    Taking a stand against gender-based violence

    Three local primary schools are making a pledge to be proactive in the prevention of family violence and the promotion…

  • Respect women: call it out

    Respect women: call it out

    Macedon Ranges Family Violence Network held its International Day of Elimination of Violence against Women event at the Kyneton Mechanics…