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  • TOWERS CALL – Council in bid for innovative solutions

    TOWERS CALL – Council in bid for innovative solutions

    Macedon Ranges Shire Council has won support after doubling down on its call for stronger governance on the placement of…

  • Big-hearted gesture

    Big-hearted gesture

    Homeless people and those doing it tough are being offered a warming soup and roll and a warm dry place…

  • Courage on climate workshop

    Courage on climate workshop

    Locals worried about climate change and its impacts are being encouraged not to despair and invited to join with like-minded…

  • From EPA exec to Coliban Water chief

    From EPA exec to Coliban Water chief

    An executive director of the Environment Protection Authority will be the next managing director of Coliban Water. Damian Wells, from…

  • Fire compo to court

    Fire compo to court

    A Lancefield landholder whose property was burnt out by bushfire as a result of a state government planned burn that…

  • Challenging social systems – Artists highlight lack of monuments to women

    Challenging social systems – Artists highlight lack of monuments to women

    Probing gender inequity in civic commemoration, Sydney based art duo Make or Break (Connie Anthes and Rebecca Gallo) asked female-identifying…

  • Club links with Carlton Respects

    Club links with Carlton Respects

    Woodend-Hesket Football Netball Club has just become the first community club in Victoria to partner with Carlton Football Club and…

  • Movement on supermarket proposal

    Movement on supermarket proposal

    Retail competition for IGA in Castlemaine appears to be on the horizon with movement in recent days toward establishment of…

  • Prepare with flair!

    Prepare with flair!

    Have you always wished you were able to prepare wholesome meals with flair? Sign up for a six-week ‘Cooking with…

  • Let off some steam!

    Let off some steam!

    With the school term break now in full swing, a special steam train running between Castlemaine and Maldon has been…

  • Gleeson wins Gold

    Gleeson wins Gold

    Romsey comedian Tom Gleeson took home the Gold Logie for most popular personality on Australian TV at Sunday night’s TV…

  • Council urges EPA action

    Macedon Ranges Shire Council will write to the Environment Protection Authority expressing concern for Coliban Water’s continuing discharge of diminished…