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  • Push for park

    Push for park

    A concept plan for Riddells Creek’s Rangeview Park has identified a series of works to improve community connectivity. The park…

  • Poisonous mushroom warning

    Poisonous mushroom warning

    Victoria’s chief health officer, Dr Christian McGrath, has issued a warning of poisonous mushrooms growing in Victoria. Poisonous mushrooms, including…

  • Chesters wins Bendigo

    Chesters wins Bendigo

    Labor’s Lisa Chesters has retained the federal seat of Bendigo she has held since 2013 despite a swing away from…

  • Vegelicious venues celebrated

    Vegelicious venues celebrated

    The winners of the 2025 Edgy Veg Awards have been crowned and five local businesses in the Macedon Ranges and…

  • Housing initiatives in spotlight

    Housing initiatives in spotlight

    Mount Alexander Shire residents are invited to a free community forum hosted by My Home Network to hear the latest…

  • Mitchell back, Bendigo close

    Mitchell back, Bendigo close

    The Albanese Government has been returned to power in a landslide victory that saw Labor secure 82 seats to the…

  • Bearing messages of peace

    Bearing messages of peace

    Students joined a significant global effort for peace when the Sri Chinmoy Oneness-Home Peace Run visited Kyneton last week. The…

  • Nature repair needs accelerator funding

    Nature repair needs accelerator funding

    A local environmental alliance is reminding federal election candidates of the toll natural disasters take on central Victorian communities already…

  • Remembering the scars, physical and mental

    Remembering the scars, physical and mental

    South Vietnam, 1966: An isolated company of 108 Australian soldiers is outnumbered by 2000-strong Viet Cong. They trade fire for…

  • Fire threatens homes at Benloch

    Fire threatens homes at Benloch

    Properties at Benloch and Lancefield were under threat after a large fire broke out on Frost Road last Thursday afternoon….

  • Memorial gates to be restored

    Memorial gates to be restored

    The heritage-listed Malmsbury War Memorial gates will be restored to their former glory. Friends of the Malmsbury Gardens and Environs…

  • Timber removal challenged

    Timber removal challenged

    Environmental activists have called out the removal of large volumes of fallen timber from the Wombat State Forest as being…