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Restoration plans for Ellim-eek

An "abundance of vacant commercial properties in Kyneton" has helped secure the restoration of a circa 1906 house of heritage significance. The Edwardian single-storey brick...

Forged in fire

Limited copies of a unique handmade book recounting personal Black Saturday bushfire survival stories by residents of the Redesdale area are poised to become...

Council ready to fight

The decision on a controversial 711-lot development plan in Gisborne now falls to the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal after Macedon Ranges Shire Council...

Farm zone nod

Farming activities are expected to intensify for a notable Rochford equine property as Macedon Ranges Shire councillors went against the grain to grant a...

Black ban on Green

A key objector to a disputed Lancefield development plan overlay has been legally ordered to keep his distance from Macedon Ranges Shire Council offices. Lancefield...

A face to the word

Young people in Kyneton got the opportunity to put a face to the word 'refugee' and hear first-hand of their experience during a special...

Irrigation plan a silver bullet?

A plan to dispose of excess wastewater from the Kyneton Water Reclamation Plant has been hatched by Coliban Water in partnership with major trade...

Climate call continues

Castlemaine students are among the many Australians who continue to demand meaningful action to address climate change. And on Friday afternoon the local teens took...

A win for conservation – National Park recommended for the Wombat...

A Wombat-Lerderderg National Park and Cobaw Conservation Park will be created if the state government accepts recommendations released by the Victorian Environmental Assessment Council...

A Victorian first

Up on the hill in Harcourt, local fruit growers Katie Finlay, Sas Allardice and Merv Carr have been busily working to form new venture...

Surprise $3M for new station

Riddells Creek firefighters are elated with the guarantee of a new $3 million station by 2021. On Sunday, local MP Mary-Anne Thomas announced a surprise...

Sustainability success

Kyneton Secondary College year eight science students and their teacher met in the dark last Thursday morning at Kyneton Railway Station to make the...

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