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Woodend wildlife op shop opens

A new op shop has opened in Woodend to provide much-needed financial support for our regional wildlife rescue and shelter services. Woodend local Sandy Howe...

ADF assists at Kyneton testing clinic

Six members of the Australian Defence Force have been deployed to help assist nursing staff at Kyneton Health's COVID-19 screening clinic. The Respiratory Assessment Clinic...

Employees rise to the challenge

The aged-care workforce in Australia is made up of more than 360,000 people working in nursing, personal care, allied health, catering, cleaning, leisure, administration,...

Capturing life in the time of coronavirus

Trentham photographer Sandy Scheltema is thrilled to be successful in her Sustaining Creative Workers grant application, part of the Victorian Government's survival package for...

Beanies make Gisborne No. 1

Gisborne Football Netball Club and its affiliates have raised $88,880 this year for FightMND Big Freeze 6, by far the largest amount by any...

Sacred Heart College student tests positive for COVID-19

Local health services have confirmed that a student at Sacred Heart College in Kyneton has tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19). The student was at school...

Residents vow to fight

It's a problem that is well and truly on the nose ... just where can all that waste from mobile homes go? Macedon Ranges Shire...

Castlemaine star on the rise

One of Castlemaine's latest imports, hip hop artist Dallas Woods, performed his new single If it glitters it's gold with his Castlemaine band live...

Review triggers backlash from tiny housers

Proposed local law changes for Mount Alexander Shire have tiny house advocates up in arms. As part of its current wider local laws review Mount...

$100M plan for Kyneton

A major commercial development proposed for Kyneton is expected to inject $100M into the local economy and provide more than 400 jobs to the...

CFA friendships are like no other

Word of mouth inspired Joel Wood to join Gisborne Fire Brigade in 2006 and he hasn't looked back, growing from the youngest member to...

Bunnings ‘Karen’ leaves Macedon Ranges fuming

The Melbourne woman causing outrage at the centre of an anti-mask Bunnings protest has attempted to spread her message in Macedon Ranges. Dubbed 'Bunnings Karen...

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