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A conversation can save a life
Melanie Jorgensen is starting the conversation. She is making it her mission to encourage talk around mental health, after losing her 15-year-old son Lachlan to suicide in October 2017. Described as “a lover of all things sport”, Lachlan was a national 400-metre sprinter and talented footballer who had battled depression and anxiety for more than…
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A daughter in danger: Alicia Little’s family calls for offenders national database
The most dangerous time for a woman experiencing domestic violence is when she tries to leave her abusive partner. In December 2017, Kyneton woman Alicia Little was attempting to do just that when she was struck down and killed by a vehicle driven by her fiancé, Charles Evans. The mother-of-four died from “catastrophic injuries”. Evans…
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Kyneton Show shines with record crowds
Organisers have declared the 159th Kyneton Show an enormous success with perfect spring weather on Show Day setting new attendance records. Kyneton Agricultural Society secretary Josephine Rutledge said more than 5800 people went through the gates over the two days, well up on the 5000 last year. She said the country-styled parkour obstacle course was…
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Gisborne firies let their mo’s go
Things are getting hairy at Gisborne Fire Station. Brigade members are ‘letting their mo’s go’ this month to raise funds and awareness for men’s health as part of Movember. In a first-time team effort, Lieutenant Bevan Moody said the brigade had a target to reach $1000 by the end of the of month and were…
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Stable star in top form
Robert Linnell describes himself as Riddells Creek’s only horse trainer, and he’s really pleased with the recent purple patch of form shown by stable star Keep The Magic. It’s often hard to win a race, but the well bred nine year-old chalked up three successive victories – starting at long odds each time – before…
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River in poor health: enviro students concerned about Campaspe
The plight of the Campaspe River has captured the attention of a group of year 11 environmental science students whose water sampling has raised concerns about the health of the waterway. The Sacred Heart College students have been following the issue of Coliban Water’s releases of wastewater from the Kyneton Water Reclamation Plant to the…
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Kyneton’s new hub for Macedon Ranges creators
Kyneton will bolster its reputation as a hub for creators with a new exhibition expected to regularly showcase the wares of artisans in the Macedon Ranges. While the town may have farewelled the popular Lost Trades Fair earlier this year, Drummond furniture designer and woodwork instructor Phoebe Everill aims to introduce the new platform for…
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Fanny Finch grave to be marked
For many long years the grave of Fanny Finch, first woman ever known to have voted in Australia, has lain unmarked at Castlemaine Cemetery following her untimely death in 1863. But now, thanks to a state government grant, the resting site of this fascinating local figure in Australia’s political history is soon to be marked…
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Housing needs to be highlighted
Peter Mares, former ABC journalist and broadcaster and author of No Place Like Home: Repairing Australia’s Housing Crisis, will be guest speaker at Cobaw Community Health’s Annual General Meeting tomorrow (Wednesday November 13) at the Newham Mechanics Institute. “We are looking forward to welcoming the local community to join with our members and stakeholders in…
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Old school going to rack and ruin?
The old Kyneton Primary School has suffered its fourth vandalism incident in as many months. The bill for willful damage at the school from broken windows is adding up to thousands of dollars while the future responsibility for the site is yet to be determined. The site, now surplus to education requirements, was committed to…
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Give an old chook a happy retirement
Local award-winning egg producers Ben and Lena Way, of Springfield Pastured Eggs, are offering up their retiring chooks to be re-homed as backyard layers. At 80 weeks old, the hens will go through a three-week moult before laying eggs again, but according to producer Ben Way, the hens can continue to lay eggs for up…
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Fresh farmers’ fare
Castlemaine district residents and visitors to the region flocked to the launch of the inaugural weekly Castlemaine Farmers Market last Wednesday evening. The new weekly version of the popular monthly market has been developed in response to shopper demand by the highly successful Castlemaine Farmers Market and Harcourt Organic Farming Co-op. Held along the thoroughfare…