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Macedon Ranges urgent call to remove glass from recycling bins
Recycling will go to landfill if Macedon Ranges residents do not heed an urgent call to remove glass from recycling bins. The council has sought recycling alternatives since the closure of its processor SKM Recycling with assurances efforts would continue but was forced to send several loads of recycling to landfill last week. Macedon Ranges…
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Kyneton’s Lost Trades Fair move to Bendigo confirmed
Kyneton will no longer host the popular Lost Trades Fair as organisers sign up for the next three years in Bendigo. City of Greater Bendigo mayor Margaret O’Rourke announced yesterday that Bendigo Racecourse would host the 2020 fair in March. The news follows reports of organisers seeking a new location and sounding out the City…
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Victorian Solar Homes rebate program overhaul urgently needed
Jo Kaptein, manager of the MASH and Hepburn Solar Bulk Buys The MASH community solar bulk-buy team was all ready to go on August 1, at 9am prompt at four locations including Castlemaine and New Gisborne, to help bulk-buy participants submit their application for the state government’s $2225 Solar Homes program rebate. We’d done the…
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Tait bound for New York
Castlemaine artist Catherine Tait will share her art on the world stage with an exhibition at an exciting new gallery space in New York next month. The talented painter and sculptor has pushed the boundaries to create her latest exhibition Old Friends – moving into silverwork jewellery and also dabbling in printmaking to create some…
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Container deposit push builds
Mount Alexander Shire councillors and executive staff are among those strongly supporting the push for a container deposit scheme in Victoria, with the state Greens expected to this week introduce legislation aimed at establishing the scheme. Recycling has become a hot button issue in Victoria after major processor SKM went into liquidation, forcing many councils…
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Above and beyond
Six Castlemaine police officers have been awarded commendations for their roles in saving the lives of two women. The officers were presented with Divisional Commendation awards by Victoria Police Acting Chief Commissioner Wendy Steendam in a ceremony at the Castlemaine Police Station last Thursday. On September 21 last year, Leading Senior Constable Wayne Rowe and…
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Prepare for Peter Panto
Castlemaine Theatre Company is giving the original tale of Peter Pan a contemporary makeover with a uniquely Castlemaine twist for its upcoming pantomime production – Peter Panto. Family friendly but with a script that caters for adult audiences, it’s scheduled to open at the Phee Broadway Theatre in late November with CTC now inviting anyone…
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Bringing Ernest to life
Insights and stories behind renowned colonial goldsmith and jeweller, Castlemaine’s own Ernest Leviny, are on offer as part of a unique ‘armchair journey’ at Buda House this Sunday. The talented Ernest Leviny bought the historic local property in 1863 and two generations of the Leviny family then occupied Buda for 118 years until 1981. This…
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Wild weather on the way
Wild weather is predicted for tomorrow with a trough then strong cold front set to cross Victoria, accompanied by strong winds and a chance of thunderstorms. Extreme weather events this winter have led to calls for communities in central Victoria to be well prepared for the risk of power outages. In the first half of…
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Runway plan scrapped
Plans to extend Kyneton Airfield’s main runway to the south for fixed-wing aircraft have been scrapped in the latest draft master plan for the site. The move intended to facilitate aerial firefighting operations, as cited in the abandoned 2016 draft master plan, but early investigations met with disinterest from potential users and exposed problematic positioning.…
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LANGLEY PRIMARY SCHOOL FACES CLOSURE
Langley Primary School is facing closure with a current enrolment of three pupils and no real prospect of further enrolments next year. Alarm bells were first raised at the school last year as its enrolment of 43 pupils dropped steadily over 12 months down to just three pupils as of February this year. The departures…