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Alarm raised over Amess Road consultation figures
Riddells Creek residents have raised alarm over the integrity of community consultation for a major Riddells Creek planning application conducted via Engage Victoria. Riddells Creek Planning Group has written to Minister for Planning Sonya Kilkenny seeking the process be immediately stopped and reviewed following a discrepancy in data. On July 19, planning group members met…
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Devastated volunteers return home
Local volunteers travelling to Uganda to support the charity I Am Someone were devastated to learn they had to cut their trip short due to a sudden outbreak of Monkey Pox. Fourteen dedicated volunteers, 10 of whom live in and around Castlemaine, made the trek to Uganda for a month-long trip to try to improve…
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Felix triumphs at Logies
Macedon Ranges teenager Felix Cameron has won not just one but two Logie Awards at the awards ceremony in Sydney on Sunday night. Felix claimed the Graham Kennedy award for Most Popular New Talent and Silver Logie for Best Lead Actor in a Drama for his role in the Netflix hit series, Boy Swallows Universe.…
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Residents face eviction
Nine residents of RM Begg Aged Care units in Kyneton are facing imminent eviction from their rental properties with little hope of finding similar affordable housing locally. The units, in Epping and North streets, are an extension of the main RM Begg Aged Care facility nearby but offer independent low-cost housing. Helen Metcalfe and Helen…
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Extension a retro revival
When Eric Burton decided to downsize he took it to the extreme. He bought the smallest house in Woodend – a single-room cabin measuring 23sqm on a substantial 1175sqm block in Forest Street. The bonus of the cabin, however, was that it came with a building permit. So instead of tearing it down and building…
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‘DJ Albo’ dance party delivers message
A group of concerned Castlemaine and Bendigo community members connected with the people-powered ‘Move Beyond Coal’ movement staged a lively and loud ‘DJ Albo’ themed dance party at the office of Bendigo Federal MP Lisa Chesters last Wednesday. The movement seeks action to eliminate the extraction and burning of fossil fuels and donned ‘Anthony Albanese’…
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Road “a catastrophe waiting to happen”
Residents have aired frustration over a “lack of action” in speed reduction on Pearsons Road in Trentham East. They say the road’s 100km/h speed limit is “another catastrophe waiting to happen” and its not the first time they’ve called for action. “With vehicles, trucks and tradespeople numbers ever on the increase, at 100km/h nothing on…
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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 ‘issues and opportunities paper’ includes two potential concepts that either keep limited equestrian facilities on the site, or relocate them elsewhere. While no potential relocation site has been clearly identified, the council is now seeking…
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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 policy threatens to shut down KBC’s pokies, raising uncertainty about the club’s future sustainability as it would prevent any form of gambling at council-owned or managed sites. KBC has been a cornerstone of the local…
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Deployed to Canada
Woodend CFA member Nick McCarthy is currently in Canada to help with the devastating bushfires there at the moment, alongside former Woodend volunteer Nicole Conway. This is their second deployment to Canada, both travelling there for the major fires last year as well. A contingent of four CFA and 40 Forest Fire Management Victoria personnel…
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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 in Castlemaine last week. Environmental flows and water quality in Campbells Creek were key discussion points at the sessions hosted by Coliban Water. Planned upgrades to the plant will be carried out in stages, including…
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Know these tags?
Kyneton Scout Hall was vandalised last month and the scout leaders, rather than wanting to see the graffiti artists punished, would like to invite them back! Catherine Perch-Nielsen, 1st Kyneton Scout Leader, said that on the last Sunday of the school holidays, someone entered the scout hall and proceeded to tag the inside of the…