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  • An elite contribution

    An elite contribution

    The worlds of football and ballet have collided under Susan Mayes’ world-leading physio research and she has been acknowledged for…

  • Fryerstown photographer gets OAM

    Fryerstown photographer gets OAM

    Receiving a Medal of the Order of Australia, acclaimed local photographer Julie Millowick has taken this Queen’s Birthday opportunity to…

  • Queen’s Birthday gong for a ‘£10 Pom’

    Queen’s Birthday gong for a ‘£10 Pom’

    Arriving in Australia in 1957, aged 25 and a proud ‘Ten Pound Pom’, Ron Alexander never looked back. The carpenter…

  • Call for solidarity

    Call for solidarity

    Hundreds gathered in Castlemaine’s Victory Park on Saturday to show their support for the Black Lives Matter movement and our…

  • You’ll never see another!

    You’ll never see another!

    By the time Eric Burton stepped into his customised Styliner ’49er they were old friends. They had a long acquaintance…

  • Locals helping locals

    Locals helping locals

    Mt Alexander Community Enterprise Inc has donated $4000 to local groups in support of their COVID-19 work in the community….

  • Teachers take the test

    Teachers take the test

    Castlemaine health services combined forces last week to undertake a mass COVID-19 screening of teachers and school staff from across…

  • In Your Face at Newstead

    In Your Face at Newstead

    A new art project at Newstead will invite people to try their hand at portraiture, capturing the faces that make…

  • Tastings back on the menu

    Tastings back on the menu

    Cellar door operators are toasting their return in time for the Queen’s Birthday weekend following pressure on the state government…

  • Spit roast sparks blaze at New Gisborne

    Spit roast sparks blaze at New Gisborne

    Residents in a duplex house in New Gisborne woke in fright to find their home on fire in the early…

  • Staff member assaulted at Malmsbury Youth Justice Centre

    Staff member assaulted at Malmsbury Youth Justice Centre

    Police are investigating the assault of a staff member by an inmate at the Malmsbury Youth Justice Centre yesterday. Paramedics…

  • Coronavirus update

    Coronavirus update

    The total number of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in Victoria is 1628 – an increase of 10 since yesterday. There have…