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  • Hub push for funds

    Hub push for funds

    Macedon locals are fighting to keep momentum for a much-anticipated community hub as they face a cost blowout for the…

  • Farmers looking after their own

    Farmers looking after their own

    Arnold-based primary producers Carly and Darren Noble of small farm business The Agri-Food Network recently launched a Mental Health Gift…

  • C-DOC returns to the Royal

    C-DOC returns to the Royal

    It’s been swings and roundabouts but the 2020 ‘In The Clouds’ Castlemaine Documentary Film Festival is set to go ahead…

  • Castlemaine State Fest offers grants to creatives

    Castlemaine State Fest offers grants to creatives

    Virus or no virus, come March next year the Castlemaine State Festival will happen, its director says. Exactly what form…

  • Farmers win in land battle

    Farmers win in land battle

    A fourth generation Springfield farming family has taken on the state government in a David and Goliath battle over land,…

  • ‘Fix traffic’ cry for Riddell

    ‘Fix traffic’ cry for Riddell

    Traffic troubles are mounting in Riddells Creek and locals warn they must be tackled before development takes hold. Residents are…

  • CHECKPOINT CHEATS

    CHECKPOINT CHEATS

    Macedon Ranges residents have raised concern over how easily people have been able to enter the shire from COVID-19 lockdown…

  • Coles Woodend staff member positive

    Coles Woodend staff member positive

    A team member at Coles’ Woodend supermarket is self-isolating after testing positive for COVID-19. In a statement posted to the…

  • Coin coup for Castlemaine photographer

    Coin coup for Castlemaine photographer

    The work of Castlemaine photographer Gary Chapman has just become a niche collector’s item, worth its weight in gold after…

  • TEDx has landed in Kyneton

    TEDx has landed in Kyneton

    Speakers are now being sought for TEDx Kyneton to bring the region’s big ideas to a world stage. The event…

  • Milestone for Romsey Men’s Shed

    Milestone for Romsey Men’s Shed

    A groundbreaking ceremony was held on Friday to mark an important milestone for the long-awaited Romsey Men’s Shed project. With…

  • Warming Woodend with cheer

    Warming Woodend with cheer

    Woodend Library has been yarn-bombed and its bright new look is bringing joy to visitors. The library’s frontage, bike racks,…