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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 a call at the 117-year-old Edwardian weatherboard just after 9.30am. Macedon Fire Brigade captain Ross Luke was first on scene and said the blaze had already taken a strong hold…
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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 for Riddells Creek Tennis Club’s long-awaited stage two development will be funded through the Building Better Regions Fund – Infrastructure Projects stream. Riddells Creek Tennis Club secretary Andrew Nicoll said…
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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 to visa administration issues. Instead, he will join the audience live by Skype after the special screening of his film at the Theatre Royal Castlemaine on Saturday at 7.30pm, for an…
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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 health centre at 47 Victoria Street was earmarked to be sold by council to fund refurbishments to Macedon’s ovals and other upgrades, until lobbying by the group gained them a…
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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 April and now the brigade is faced with the challenge of replacing the vehicle and having it fully functional before the next fire season. Brigade captain Ian Lonsdale said the…
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$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 170,000 tonnes annually if it goes ahead, the project’s proponents say. RES Australia, the company behind the proposed 75 megawatt solar farm, is holding a public information session about the proposal…
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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 about 6.45am to find the property’s Bed and Breakfast accommodation fully ablaze and spreading to the adjoining homestead. The fire started in the roof, with a five-layer ceiling – tin…
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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 the town’s main street. At its meeting last Tuesday night the council unanimously granted approval for the development aiming to build a two-bedroom dwelling and develop an existing building to create…
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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 from the Inside is a spoken word performance of letters written by men and women serving sentences in central Victorian prisons – Tarrengower, Middleton and Loddon. The project’s creator is…
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An accident waiting to happen
Users of the Leisterville hall in Castlemaine have described parking outside the facility as “dangerous” after a recent upgrade to the Public Transport Victoria bus stop in Williams Street. Members of the Goldfields Quilters Group, which has met at the Leisterville hall several times a month for the past 25 years, said issues they raised…
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Foundry’s first grads
One of Kyneton’s newest foodie hotspots, the Social Foundry on the corner of High and Mollison Streets, is celebrating the first round of graduates from its successful Skills for Life program. Together with the Kyneton Community and Learning Centre, the Social Foundry has the united goal of training and assisting young people who need to…
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The best in Oz!
Kyneton can lay claim to being the home of Australia’s No.1 Best Pie thanks to the innovation of Cambodian-born pastry chef Chan Khun. Chan’s Country Cobb Bakery claimed a total of seven ‘best pie’ titles for 2018, as judged by the Baking Association of Australia, but it was his unique creation of a satay seafood…