Grants cash splash
Maldon Urban Landcare has reason to feel well pleased with itself this week after being named among the local groups to secure some grant...
Community rallies for maternity services
Local group 'Support Birthing at Castlemaine Health' garnered more than 1000 signatures in 72 hours calling for birthing services to be reinstated at the...
Foundry powering on through pandemic
Castlemaine's Billmans Foundry was gearing up for the unveiling of its largest project to date - two beautiful bronze whales created by Wollongong artist...
Shared trail on track
Construction on a Macedon Ranges shared-use trail will soon begin with the state government announcing $8.75 million towards the project last week.
Woodend's cycling community...
Rebates slash the cost of solar
Benjamin Franklin famously said that "In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes". Well, to that, I reckon...
Sarah leaves her mark
For 20 years, Sarah Collier has led and nurtured a team of more than 150 staff to create a home-like environment for residents of...
Latest edition of Hot Rodding International hits stands
For the past 43 years, the monthly Australian Street Rodding magazine has been published from the offices of Graffiti Publications in Castlemaine.
Now, the latest issue of...
‘Enough is enough’ – Residents call time on dangerous intersection
Local residents have renewed calls for safety improvements to the intersection of Edgecombe Road and Melville Drive north of Kyneton after a collision between...
Capturing Trentham
Tea pots, ukuleles, paintbrushes, gaming and pets have all been a part of life in lockdown, and now captured as part of a project...
Proposed Romsey medical centre scrutinised
Changes to contentious plans for a 104-place childcare centre and double-storey medical facility at Romsey's Autumn Views estate are still under scrutiny.
The proposal for...
Top trainer in key move
Dual Melbourne Cup winning trainer Robert Hickmott describes Romsey's Kerrygail Farm as "a perfect facility to complement Hickmott Racing's Caulfield and Ballarat stables".
The 270-acre...
Reading habits change
The reading habits of Castlemaine residents may have changed a tad during lockdown it seems.
Joyce Sanders of Castlemaine's Soldier & Scholar secondhand bookshop has...
