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  • Students ‘strike’ for climate change

    Students ‘strike’ for climate change

    A group of young Castlemaine students say federal government inaction on climate change is threatening their future and have staged…

  • School in strife – From 43 students down to eight

    School in strife – From 43 students down to eight

    Langley Primary School began this year as a small but vibrant school with an enrolment of 43 students. Ten months…

  • Cruel Halloween prank

    A cruel Halloween prank has left a V/Line train driver in distress. The driver of the 8.22pm Southern Cross to…

  • Precinct certainty: community a “rolling thunder”

    Precinct certainty: community a “rolling thunder”

    With state capital all but secured for the Macedon Ranges Regional Sports Precinct, attention now turns to the federal government…

  • Walk to the Cup

    Walk to the Cup

    Kyneton Cup Day holds particular significance for former local resident Nathan Elms (‘Elmsy’) and even more so this year. The…

  • Tower proposal ignites debate

    Tower proposal ignites debate

    Residents of Wesley Hill at Castlemaine are up in arms over proposed plans for the installation of a new Optus…

  • Sisters get show-ready

    Sisters get show-ready

    Drummond North sisters Rhiannon, 12, Zoe, 10, and Sasha, 7, have been preparing for months for the cattle competition at…

  • It takes a village

    It takes a village

    Gisborne Leading Senior Constable Jason Azzopardi could not stand by as he saw the impact of issues like bullying, mental…

  • World HQ for Kyneton

    World HQ for Kyneton

    Australian luxury skincare brand Rationale has announced plans for a new $6 million world headquarters at Kyneton’s eastern gateway, opening…

  • Platypus project begins!

    Platypus project begins!

    About 130 people gathered on the banks of the Campaspe River in Kyneton on Friday for the launch of the…

  • Wages dispute standoff

    Wages dispute standoff

    Angry maintenance workers at Castlemaine’s Don KR factory site have taken industrial action and are threatening more, blaming the company…

  • Scene set for sculpture

    Scene set for sculpture

    The sort of vista that stops you in your tracks sets the scene for the well-anticipated Mica Grange Open Garden…