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  • Phone coverage headaches

    Phone coverage headaches

    Castlemaine Optus customers have contacted the Express in recent days frustrated by issues with their mobile phone coverage. Some local…

  • Trentham worse off?

    Trentham worse off?

    Hepburn switching to an unsubdivided shire later this year may end up disadvantaging smaller population centres such as Trentham, Lyonville, Bullarto, Glenlyon and Clunes.

  • “I can’t imagine life without dance!”

    “I can’t imagine life without dance!”

    34 years after founding Over the Moon Yoga and Dance Studio, Edna Reinhardt decided it was time to retire, paving the way for Michelle Young and Marlena Raymond to step in as co-directors.

  • Council ban on pokies?

    Council ban on pokies?

    The future viability of Kyneton Bowling Club is at risk as a new council policy threatens to ban its electronic gaming machines.

  • Grace crowned state winner

    Grace crowned state winner

    The Sisterhood Project co-founder Grace Larson has won the Victorian AgriFutures Rural Women’s Award.

  • New speed limit in place

    New speed limit in place

    The controversial new 50 km/h speed limit along the 6.4 kilometre stretch of the Pyrenees Highway is now officially in effect.

  • Truck strikes ambulance

    Truck strikes ambulance

    A patient transfer ambulance parked on the side of Lauriston Road at Lauriston was side-swiped by a passing tip truck and trailer last Tuesday afternoon.

  • Elliot claims top award

    Elliot claims top award

    Kyneton’s Elliot Foster has been named Inspirational Student of the Year and Student of the Year Animal Studies in the 2024 Bendigo TAFE Industry Excellence Awards.

  • Global glory for bluestone

    Global glory for bluestone

    Malmsbury bluestone has become the first Australian stone recognised as a Global Heritage Stone Resource. tme

  • Council funds running dry?

    Council funds running dry?

    Financial constraints are limiting Macedon Ranges Shire Council’s ability to deliver new infrastructure and basic maintenance to community expectation.

  • Man dies at Lake Eppalock

    Man dies at Lake Eppalock

    A 25-year-old Lancefield man has drowned at Lake Eppalock in Kimbolton.

  • Drink drivers learn lesson

    Drink drivers learn lesson

    Two male drivers who made the mistake of having a ‘traveller’ while driving were intercepted by a Booze Bus in Kyneton last Thursday afternoon.