The buzz on honey
Buying honey from local beekeepers and reading the label are both good ways to ensure you'll get pure honey, local beekeeper Peter McDonald says...
Don’t panic, call a beekeeper!
Spring is a busy time for beekeepers as this is the time of year when honeybees swarm.
Castlemaine beekeeper Daniel BeeShepherd from the Castlemaine Bee...
Lose yourself to dance
It's Mental Health Week across Mount Alexander Shire and there's no better time to put on your dancing shoes and lose yourself to dance.
Join...
Support networks vital
New data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics reveals suicide rates are at a 10-year high.
The Causes of Death Australia 2017 report, released last...
Balloons no party for wildlife
Balloons may be an international symbol for celebration but that is the last thing on the minds of livestock owners when the litter lands...
Fuel prices skyrocket
Victorians have been hit by the biggest surge in fuel prices in more than a decade. RACV motoring experts explain why this has happened...
Do the time warp
When Castlemaine's Leslie Thornton was a schoolboy he lived next door to the school - but was always late.
In class the young Leslie would...
Platypus plans
What uses electroreception to find its prey, is venomous, and is a semi aquatic mammal that lays eggs?
One of Australia's iconic species, the platypus.
The...
Childcare centre rejected
A lack of suitable sites for new services in Romsey has hindered plans for a desired childcare centre.
The Reynolds Grove proposal was to service...
New kid on the kerbside
Recycling education will be a significant feature as Veolia Environmental begins its new contract providing kerbside recycling and waste collection services in Mount Alexander...
Protection promise that rocks
A re-elected Labor state government plans to purchase Hanging Rock's East Paddock.
Long championed by the community, the move is expected to give greater protection...
Warm welcome for UK import
Woodend Cricket Club's first-ever international player received a very enthusiastic welcome within a few hours of arriving from England last Wednesday.
Monte McCague, from Leeds...
