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  • Art in unusual places

    Art in unusual places

    Art installations have popped up at unusual sites all over Kyneton this week. It’s all part of the inaugural Kyneton…

  • Earthquake ‘so big and so violent’

    Earthquake ‘so big and so violent’

    ‘Harrowing’ doesn’t begin to describe the destruction left by Papua New Guinea’s 7.5 magnitude earthquake that shook the Southern Highlands,…

  • Cats by just one point!

    Cats by just one point!

    The 2018 Riddell League football season kicked off on Saturday with a frenetic, pulsating encounter as reigning premier Macedon survived…

  • New prison centre

    New prison centre

    A new medical unit and programs centre is now operating at Loddon Prison providing better services to encourage better outcomes…

  • Tale of an unsung hero

    Tale of an unsung hero

    As Anzac Day nears, historian Ian Braybrook has been busy striving to ensure one of Castlemaine’s unsung war heroes does…

  • Topical art makes Blake Prize finals

    Topical art makes Blake Prize finals

    Kyneton artist Daniel Butterworth has been named among the 80 finalists for the 65th Blake Prize – one of Australia’s…

  • Joel gets a taste of political life

    Joel gets a taste of political life

    What better way to further aspirations of a political career than to spend a few days in Canberra at the…

  • Art treasure hunt

    Art treasure hunt

    With a passion for the arts and their local community a group of professional artists and curators living in Kyneton…

  • Bringing the quartets to life

    Bringing the quartets to life

    Regarded by many critics as the great last work of acclaimed 20th century poet T.S. Eliot, Four Quartets is about…

  • Callum a real champion

    Callum a real champion

    For the last three Royal Children’s Hospital Good Friday appeals, young Callum Judd has been watching progress from his hospital…

  • Local efforts impress

    Local efforts impress

    Young people today can come under a lot of criticism, but the youth of the region made an invaluable and…

  • Barrier placement questioned

    Barrier placement questioned

    The placement of wire rope safety barriers along the Calder Freeway has once again been questioned following a spectacular crash…