RANGES ROADS AMONG WORST IN STATE
Two Macedon Ranges roads have ranked among the state's worst in a country road survey while satisfaction on local roads has hit a new...
Strong Gisborne rep in mumpreneur awards
Gisborne mums, Meagan Upsher, Katrina Wurm, Carmen Hofman and Kat Buttigieg, have all been named as finalists for the 2024 AusMumpreneur Awards.
Their businesses,...
Plans released for Lancefield Park
Lancefield's community is growing and so too are demands on local sporting and recreation facilities with limited funding.
A new draft Lancefield Park Master Plan...
Experience of a lifetime
In the early hours of this morning, many Macedon Ranges residents sat up to see Lauretta Hanson and her two Australian teammates compete in...
Gisborne’s changing face
Gisborne's future will include apartment living and transit-oriented development in New Gisborne with a view to preventing urban sprawl.
Last week Macedon Ranges Shire Council...
New plans for Kyneton?
Car parking in Kyneton could be removed to make way for cycling lanes, and key commercial roads reduced to speeds of 30km/h.
These are just...
No confidence in executive
The Victorian Ambulance Union last week conducted a vote of no confidence in the Ambulance Victoria executive.
The VAU conducted an SMS poll of...
‘Bureaucratic madness!’
Six years ago, Castlemaine resident Hilary Finch bought a small red-flowering gum to replace a dead tree on her nature strip.
She lovingly tended the...
Local Landcare heroes celebrated
Founding member of Golden Point Landcare Group, Marie Jones, has been awarded the prestigious Joan Kirner Landcare Award.
Marie was one of several local residents...
Costa in my back yard
ABC's Gardening Australia program paid a visit to Castlemaine last Tuesday to meet a group of innovative composters.
Program host Costa Georgiadis explored the gardens...
Dice rolled on gambling policy
Legal advice has terminated plans for Macedon Ranges Shire Council to categorically oppose new electronic gaming machines at its owned and managed sites.
MRSC's stance...
Powercor seeks new apprentices
CitiPower and Powercor are searching for 30 new apprentices to join the state’s largest in-house lineworker team that plays a critical role delivering power.
The...
