News
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Quad Fit making good times roll
For some exercising conjures images of pain and puffing. Then there’s others, like Castlemaine’s Jo Christy for whom keeping fit…
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Young achievers celebrated
Victorian Youth Week and the school holidays kicked off in style on Friday with a Youth Festival in Castlemaine’s Victory…
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Doctor in the house
Overweight high school drop-outs from low socio-economic backgrounds don’t get to be doctors – especially if they are single mothers….
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Car park confusion
The installation of new one-way traffic signage and line marking arrows in the Woolworths car park in Kyneton caused considerable…
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Residents face truck nightmare
Neighbours to a newly approved 43-lot subdivision in Kyneton fear construction trucks will threaten safety as they are forced to…
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Sunny for senate
A Kyneton local with an innovative plan to address immigration and regional growth in Victoria has announced he will be…
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La Mama debut for Taradale
Taradale slapped on some sunscreen, cracked open an esky and eased back into a deckchair as Melbourne’s famed La Mama…
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House thrown a lifeline
Macedon locals are overjoyed with the shire council’s decision to scrap the intended sale of 47 Victoria Street. The much-loved…
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Hitting the open road
All of us have owned a ‘shitbox’ at one stage of our lives and have probably been grateful if it…
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Old hospital plans abandoned
Plans to develop the Old Kyneton Hospital site into residential housing have been abandoned, with the site now up for…
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USA coming up roses
We’re all familiar with the slow-food movement. Well, sustainability, provenance, ethics and the war on waste apply to the cut-flower…
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Encouraging a love of reading
A new community project will see books available across the Mount Alexander Shire for children to read. The Book Boxes…