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  • Bunnings ‘Karen’ leaves Macedon Ranges fuming

    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…

  • Successful bid to reduce speed limit

    Successful bid to reduce speed limit

    Sutton Grange residents have successfully lobbied to have the speed limit on the Bendigo-Sutton Grange Road within the township reduced…

  • Market cancelled amid coronavirus fears

    Market cancelled amid coronavirus fears

    Community concern over potential coronavirus transmission resulted in the cancellation of the Lancefield and District Farmers Market last Saturday. Vivien…

  • Bushfire safety boost for Malmsbury

    Bushfire safety boost for Malmsbury

    The 900-strong rural community of Malmsbury can feel safer from the impact of bushfires and other emergencies thanks to a…

  • Return the support

    Return the support

    With stage 3 ‘stay at home’ restrictions reinstated for metropolitan Melbourne and the Mitchell Shire, shopping locally has never been…

  • Gisborne Secondary College closed for COVID

    Gisborne Secondary College closed for COVID

    Gisborne Secondary College was closed on Monday after two positive cases of COVID-19 were linked to the school over the…

  • TRACTOR FIREBALL

    TRACTOR FIREBALL

    Firefighters were called to Edgecombe Road Kyneton shortly after 6pm yesterday after callers to triple zero reported a large tractor…

  • Club enjoys its grand entrance

    Club enjoys its grand entrance

    After weeks of being hard hit by a COVID shutdown that cost it many thousands in lost revenue, Maldon Golf…

  • Old Factory plan shut down

    Old Factory plan shut down

    Brakes have been applied to a controversial $4.7 million Woodend retail redevelopment plan to reimagine ‘The Old Factory’. Macedon Ranges…

  • Airfield plan approval

    Airfield plan approval

    A 10-year conflict over the contentious redevelopment of the Kyneton Airfield has almost drawn to a close. The airfield’s first…

  • Increase in cases linked to Don KR

    Increase in cases linked to Don KR

    Don KR’s Castlemaine factory remains temporarily closed with the company confirming six cases of coronavirus linked to the site as…

  • Four COVID cases linked to MYJC

    Four COVID cases linked to MYJC

    Four Department of Education employees working at the Malmsbury Youth Justice Centre have now returned positive tests for COVID-19. A…