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  • Home grown champ

    Home grown champ

    Chloe Stewart has added to her very impressive list of local, district, state and national lawns bowls achievements by capturing…

  • Push for defib

    Push for defib

    Momentum is building to get a defibrillator installed for after-hours public access in central Castlemaine. Bronwyn Grieve, community health nurse…

  • Sheeran rumours mount

    Sheeran rumours mount

    Has Ed Sheeran made a $9 million offer on local real estate or is this rumour part of a great…

  • Free-range fun

    Free-range fun

    Let the kids roam free on Kyneton Show Day this Saturday to explore their imaginations with hours of free activities…

  • Castlemaine writer wins literary award

    Castlemaine writer wins literary award

    A Castlemaine writer has drawn partly on her own past experiences as an aerial circus performer to take out a…

  • Rock and Roll stars

    Rock and Roll stars

    Forty-five enthusiastic students at Trentham District Primary school helped plant, fence, tag and monitor 32 nationally endangered basalt peppercress (Lepidium…

  • Our Diggers remembered

    Our Diggers remembered

    Good crowds turned out at the Castlemaine Remembrance Day service and events across the region on Sunday November 11 to…

  • Forest fears furore

    Forest fears furore

    With less than a fortnight before the state election, a fight has erupted over a plan to reclassify the Wombat…

  • Up in lights

    Up in lights

    Hollywood Theatre will soon light up for two young Woodend filmmakers. Flynn Mazza and Kale McQuade were named winners of…

  • Upgrade in doubt?

    Upgrade in doubt?

    Plans for a $1.6 million upgrade to Mount Macedon Fire Brigade’s existing station are now in doubt as proposals emerge…

  • A challenge for young and old

    A challenge for young and old

    Some started work on their entries months ago, others will throw something in at the last minute, but whatever you…

  • Rename the juvie

    Rename the juvie

    A Malmsbury resident is calling for a name change for the Malmsbury Youth Justice Centre in order to reclaim the…