Encouraging a love of reading
A new community project will see books available across the Mount Alexander Shire for children to read.
The Book Boxes project has been developed by...
Neglected and ignored – Residents plead for council to close road
When new housing estates dramatically increase traffic and dust on an unsealed local road should the residents of that road have to pay for...
Orchard theft dismay
Students at Romsey Primary School have been left devastated after their entire fruit orchard was stripped of its fruit by callous thieves over the...
Queen bee takes title
Claire Moore has won the prestigious Victorian AgriFutures Rural Women's Award, with a plan to boost bee population and genetic diversity through artificial insemination.
Minister...
Our own voices
Hundreds of Castlemaine school students joined Friday's global School Strike for Climate Action calling on the nation's leaders to take more decisive action to...
Market turns 16
Lancefield Farmers Market this Saturday will mark its 16th anniversary.
While the Macedon Ranges has a farmers market somewhere on most Saturdays each month, Lancefield...
Fun for a cause
For the second year running the family fun day event Race Ya will be held in Maldon supporting the Asthma Foundation in memory of...
Support for micro-abattoir
Woodend farmer Ben Falloon is fast gaining support for an on-farm poultry micro-abattoir model that could revolutionise the way small producers operate.
The pastured chicken...
Cartoon lab
Castlemaine State Festival goers will have the opportunity to take a sneak peek at Trace Balla's next graphic novella set in Jaara country, as...
Tales from Turkey
Food and storytelling has always been a way for communities to come together and feel connected.
The Social Foundry in Kyneton is about to launch...
It’s bean a big learning curve
A teenage entrepreneur from Newstead has used the skills he learned as a barista and trainee coffee roaster to start up his own coffee...
One in a million
Rather than wait to leave a will bequest after they're gone, a Castlemaine couple have donated $1 million to help make the world a...
