News

  • Moo-ving arrival

    Moo-ving arrival

    Edgar’s Mission Farm Sanctuary is celebrating the birth of a calf named Little Flower with a unique story. Sanctuary founder…

  • Host of COVID restrictions scrapped

    Host of COVID restrictions scrapped

    Close contact quarantine, proof of vaccination and mask mandates for most settings have been scrapped with a raft of other…

  • Licence on hold

    Licence on hold

    Coliban Water’s bid to amend its licence for the Kyneton Water Reclamation Plant is temporarily on hold, after Environment Protection…

  • Don’t burn your bridge… just yet

    Don’t burn your bridge… just yet

    Eve Lamb It seems the small red pedestrian bridge installed across a public roadside drain on Castlemaine’s Barker Street may…

  • Promises to fix mobile blackspots

    Promises to fix mobile blackspots

    New Optus and Telstra mobile phone base station sites will be built at Gisborne South. The federal government announced funding…

  • Work in high places

    Work in high places

    Eve Lamb At a lofty six metres high, the ceilings at historic Maldon Primary School are imposing – but also…

  • XR spreads climate message

    XR spreads climate message

    Eve Lamb Local climate activists have been visibly ramping up their activity in a quest to see climate put firmly…

  • Supermarket case adjourned

    Supermarket case adjourned

    The 10-day Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal hearing into the development of the proposed Woolworths supermarket in Castlemaine recently wound…

  • Mount to host Dawn Service

    Mount to host Dawn Service

    The Mount Macedon Anzac Day Dawn Service Committee will be conducting a service at the Mount Macedon War Memorial Cross…

  • A bridge too far?

    A bridge too far?

    Eve Lamb A small bright red footbridge installed over a public drain by a local couple has created more interest…

  • Witnesses sought for suspected hit and run

    Witnesses sought for suspected hit and run

    Kyneton police continue to investigate and appeal for public assistance after a man was found seriously injured in Kyneton over…

  • Great Good Friday effort

    Great Good Friday effort

    Local fire brigades, businesses and individuals across Macedon Ranges and Mount Alexander have boosted this year’s Royal Children’s Hospital Good…