An extraordinary festival of ideas
The 2018 Bendigo Writers Festival is set to kick off on Thursday August 9 and run over three days, featuring some spectacular talent from...
Locals join the ride
Castlemaine locals Greg Barkla and Bob Bent have teamed up to take part in the Black Dog Ride, a 10-day motorcycle tour to raise...
Buzz along to the bee
Do you fancy yourself to be an exceptional speller? Can you recite all those grammatical rules we learned at school - "i before e...
Blaze takes ‘Durrol’
'Durrol' one of Mount Macedon's last hill station homes has been destroyed by fire.
The devastating loss came last Wednesday when local firefighters responded to...
New courts to be a hit
Tennis will become even more of a hit in Riddells Creek with three new Tennis Australia compliant hard courts to be constructed.
The $100,000 upgrade...
IMPORTANT EVENT UPDATE
Academy Award nominated filmmaker Feras Fayyad will not attend the 2018 Castlemaine Documentary Film Festival screening of his film Last Men in Aleppo due...
Macedon wants a hub
A group of Macedon locals have banded together in a bid to convert a council-owned building into a community hub.
The former maternal and child...
Community chips in
The campaign to replace Langley-Barfold Fire Brigade's stolen support vehicle is gaining strong community support.
The Ford Ranger was found torched near Lake Eppalock in...
$195M solar farm bid
A $195 million solar farm proposed for Baringhup will feed enough energy into the grid to power 44,000 homes while reducing CO2 emissions by...
Blaze at Highbank
The historic Kyneton farmhouse owned by television personality Tonia Todman was significantly damaged by fire yesterday morning.
Firefighters arrived at Highbank, on Donnelly Road, at...
Development approved for Carriers Arms
Mount Alexander Shire Council's decision to approve development of Maldon's historic Carriers Arms property paves the way for a new bakery and cafe in...
Letters from the inside
Insights into life on the inside is at the heart of a unique live production being staged at the Old Castlemaine Gaol this Friday.
Letters...
