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  • Fighting for the service

    Fighting for the service

    A committee is confident Anzac Day Services will go ahead this year at the Mount Macedon Memorial Cross, despite urgent…

  • Gisborne’s Idol ‘diamond’

    Gisborne’s Idol ‘diamond’

    Auditioning for Australian Idol was a dream come true for New Gisborne’s Mikayla Burke. The moment was all the more moving for…

  • Urgent safety upgrades needed

    Urgent safety upgrades needed

    Newham residents are seeking urgent safety improvements to avoid another tragedy at a notorious stretch of Three Chain Road. The…

  • ‘Seven intense hours on the fireground’

    ‘Seven intense hours on the fireground’

    Clarkefield and Darraweit Guim residents were urged to take shelter last week after a grassfire burned out of control and…

  • Residents ‘aren’t stakeholders’

    Residents ‘aren’t stakeholders’

    Gisborne residents are furious with the mismanagement of a development site that has hindered their daily life for the past…

  • From Macedon Ranges to centre stage

    From Macedon Ranges to centre stage

    By Preeshita Shah From the Macedon Ranges to the stages of Sydney, Angus O’Farrell is living his theatre dreams. The…

  • Let’s take back the track

    Let’s take back the track

    The second annual Take Back the Track event will be held in Castlemaine on Sunday, February 15. A national campaign,…

  • Discover the Lost Trades

    Discover the Lost Trades

    The keepers of traditional and lost trades from local areas and far flung corners of the world will gather at…

  • For sale: Kyneton’s history

    For sale: Kyneton’s history

    A historic military building in Kyneton will be sold amid the Department of Defence’s latest announcement to sell 68 properties…

  • Crash-prone road upgraded

    Crash-prone road upgraded

    An intersection notorious for vehicle collisions near the Kyneton town centre recently received road safety upgrades. The Beauchamp and Mollison…

  • Rescued, then arrested

    Rescued, then arrested

    A high-speed police pursuit out of Melbourne ended when the driver of a stolen vehicle crashed and flipped it on…

  • State forest surveillance increases

    State forest surveillance increases

    Vic Police shut down an illegal rave in the Wombat State Forest earlier this month, which had more than 1000…