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  • Cost blowout halts powerlines project

    Cost blowout halts powerlines project

    Lifesaving safety measures planned for one of the highest fire risk areas in Victoria will no longer be completed as…

  • Pilots execute precision task

    Pilots execute precision task

    Anzac Day is an early start for many people, including members of the Kyneton Aero Club who for the past…

  • Urgent calls for more police

    Urgent calls for more police

    Romsey’s Thrifty-Link Hardware has had five break-ins in eight months and owner Nick Waldhauser has reached breaking point, desperately calling…

  • This ole house …

    This ole house …

    For many restoring a dilapidated house solo on a budget of practically nothing could be a headache. But for Castlemaine’s…

  • Blow-out: council awards play space contract

    A desire not to water down the grand plan for Castlemaine’s new Victory Park play space has prompted Mount Alexander…

  • Fun of the fair

    Fun of the fair

    Thousands travelled to the historic township of Maldon for the 142nd Maldon Easter Fair last weekend. The five days of…

  • Contaminated water fear for Campaspe River landowners

    Contaminated water fear for Campaspe River landowners

    Landowners along the Campaspe River downstream from the Kyneton Water Reclamation Plant fear they may have been drawing contaminated water…

  • Ditch deadly netting

    Ditch deadly netting

    Macedon Ranges Wildlife Network is urging locals to ditch deadly fruit netting in order to protect threatened species. The network…

  • MCG a showpiece

    MCG a showpiece

    Malmsbury Cricket Ground has become a showpiece among sporting grounds in the Macedon Ranges at the completion of a $150,000…

  • Revved and ready

    Revved and ready

    Lovers of British motorbikes are revved and ready for this Anzac weekend’s All British bike rally that brings hundreds of…

  • Chloe’s number one

    Chloe’s number one

    Kyneton’s Chloe Stewart has achieved a burning ambition to reach the pinnacle in her chosen sport of lawn bowls, with…

  • Gisborne gas leak

    Gisborne gas leak

    A gas main ruptured during excavation works in Gisborne yesterday morning shut the area down for four hours. Brantome street…