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  • Equestrian left in limbo

    Equestrian left in limbo

    Equestrian facilities could be relocated from Woodend Racecourse Reserve in Macedon Ranges Shire Council’s future planning for the site. An…

  • Club calls for exemption

    Club calls for exemption

    Kyneton Bowling Club is calling for an explicit exemption from Macedon Ranges Shire Council’s proposed Gambling Harm Minimisation Policy. The…

  • Deployed to Canada

    Deployed to Canada

    Woodend CFA member Nick McCarthy is currently in Canada to help with the devastating bushfires there at the moment, alongside…

  • Planning begins for plant upgrade

    Planning begins for plant upgrade

    The conversation around plans for a vital upgrade of the Castlemaine Water Reclamation Plant began with two information drop-in sessions…

  • Know these tags?

    Know these tags?

    Kyneton Scout Hall was vandalised last month and the scout leaders, rather than wanting to see the graffiti artists punished,…

  • Depot going gangbusters

    Depot going gangbusters

    The Mount Alexander Animal Welfare Op Shop Empawrium has recently launched a new venture – a Furniture Depot. The new…

  • RANGES ROADS AMONG WORST IN STATE

    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…

  • Strong Gisborne rep in mumpreneur awards

    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…

  • Plans released for Lancefield Park

    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…

  • Experience of a lifetime

    Experience of a lifetime

    In the early hours of this morning, many Macedon Ranges residents sat up to see Lauretta Hanson and her two…

  • Gisborne’s changing face

    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…

  • New plans for Kyneton?

    New plans for Kyneton?

    Car parking in Kyneton could be removed to make way for cycling lanes, and key commercial roads reduced to speeds…