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Local cactus warriors honoured

The Tarrangower Cactus Control warriors have been honoured with a national Froggatt Award. The accolade is awarded to those who have made a major contribution...

From Paris to Newham

This is the story of a reunion...the kind of reunion people who sold something years ago only to find it is worth a small...

Plastics war could step up

A move to phase out single-use plastics in Macedon Ranges Shire Council's operations could extend to some general community events. The council will consider banning...

New pooch park proving popular

Since it opened last month, Guildford's new off-lead dog park has been proving very popular among dog owners and their four-legged friends who have...

Born by the river

Kyneton local Nancy Mortimer welcomed a new grandchild before Christmas who was in quite a hurry to arrive. Nancy's son Anthony and daughter-in-law Rachael live...

Conserving a local treasure

Locals will get a chance to help conserve one of the nation's most remarkable endangered creatures that lives in Castlemaine's  Kalimna Reserve. Two upcoming public...
Romsey Neighbourhood House coordinator Michelle Balthazar and local creator Danielle Stanton are encouraging people to put their wares on show.

Romsey site sought for new enterprise

Once 'hidden' local artisans can soon showcase their wares with the emergence of a new social enterprise in Romsey. The local Neighbourhood House is seeking...
New light fittings on top of the poles in Gisborne's Jacksons Creek Estate don't seem to quite match the old heritage-look poles they adorn.

Light design not so bright

A Gisborne resident is fuming over new street lights installed in her estate that no longer match the heritage-look lamp poles beneath them. Macedon Ranges...
Local residents are pictured at the site of the proposed billboard earlier this year. Photo: Eve Lamb

Billboard blow – VCAT overturns council refusal

Castlemaine residents who opposed plans to erect a large advertising billboard in Johnstone Street have been left in shock after the Victorian Civil and...
Edgecombe Street residents Helen and Dale Gillis are fighting a council plan to rip up the 180-year-old bluestone guttering in their street.

Residents gutted

A council plan to dig up heritage bluestone guttering in one of Kyneton's oldest streets has residents threatening to form a human barricade to...
Windmill Farm is home to a rare 1850s bluestone windmill, the last of its kind in Victoria.

Winds of change

Winds of change have swept over the heritage-protected Windmill Farm of Kyneton. It is home to a rare 1850s bluestone windmill, the last of its...

Urgent call for change

Biolinks Alliance has submitted an urgent call for more research and funding to the 2018 inquiry into Australia's faunal extinction crisis. The Kyneton-based alliance comprises...

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