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  • Policy to target AI use?

    Policy to target AI use?

    Artificial intelligence is rapidly reshaping industries and Macedon Ranges Shire Council will soon consider a new purposed policy to catch…

  • SES responds to wild weather

    SES responds to wild weather

    Castlemaine State Emergency Service volunteers were kept busy over the weekend, responding to 34 requests for assistance across Mount Alexander…

  • Anzac events in a spin

    Anzac events in a spin

    “Macedon Ranges council bureaucrats should hang their heads in shame” for decisions putting two local Anzac Day services in a…

  • Police raid ends in estimated million dollar drug bust

    Police raid ends in estimated million dollar drug bust

    Police seized a cannabis operation holding a potential street value of $1 million after they raided a property in Darraweit…

  • New Telstra mobile coverage

    New Telstra mobile coverage

    Telstra has expanded 4G and 5G mobile coverage throughout Kyneton, with a series of new mobile sites now delivering improved…

  • Police investigating Clarkefield car fire

    Police investigating Clarkefield car fire

    Police are investigating after a car was found abandoned and burning on a roadside in Clarkefield during the early hours…

  • Tunnel tour for Woodend rail pioneer

    Tunnel tour for Woodend rail pioneer

    Woodend’s Peter Bishop played a pivotal role in the last transformation of Melbourne’s train network more than 40 years ago,…

  • Plan to beautify Castlemaine

    Plan to beautify Castlemaine

    Mount Alexander Shire Council adopted a new Streetscape Landscape Design for Barker Street and Forest Street, Castlemaine, at last Tuesday…

  • Old school site “nearly ready”

    Old school site “nearly ready”

    More than a year overdue, newly renovated spaces at the Old Kyneton Primary School site are “nearly ready for community…

  • Toilet cleaners leave skid marks

    Toilet cleaners leave skid marks

    Cleaning contractors employed by Macedon Ranges Shire Council to maintain the public toilets at the Kyneton Botanic Gardens have come…

  • Dance crew ‘Hollywood’ bound!

    Dance crew ‘Hollywood’ bound!

    Movement Zone Dance Studio in Castlemaine is set to send a talented dance crew to the Hollywood Bound Dance Competition…

  • Strength, vision and legacy

    Strength, vision and legacy

    National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee celebrations took place last week across the country and included an event at…