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  • Trentham’s shed opens

    Trentham’s shed opens

    Members of Trentham’s Cool Country Men’s Shed are pleased to be officially opening their wonderful new community facility after two…

  • Creative moves

    Creative moves

    Eve Lamb A new Castlemaine enterprise is opening up opportunities for locals to tap into their own creativity and potentially…

  • Life lived to its fullest

    Life lived to its fullest

    If I Can, You Can is the story of 31-year-old Hayden Walsh, who lives with cerebral palsy. In his biography Hayden…

  • A curiosity in Woodend

    A curiosity in Woodend

    An entomology expo will be buzzing into Woodend in July as the first of its kind. Live specimens, workshops, demonstrations,…

  • Supermarket design revealed

    Supermarket design revealed

    As the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal hearing on plans for Castlemaine’s controversial third supermarket got under way last week,…

  • Festival fun

    Festival fun

    The Macedon Ranges Autumn Festival kicks off this coming weekend with a month-long action-packed program of events. Musicians will be…

  • Man charged over 1984 Bullengarook murder

    Man charged over 1984 Bullengarook murder

    Detectives from the Homicide Squad have charged a man as part of their investigation into the 1984 murder of a…

  • School upgrade complete

    School upgrade complete

    Romsey Primary School’s $3.2 million upgrade is complete. The upgrade transformed buildings into multifunction spaces with robotics and coding technology….

  • Porsche tractor sold

    Porsche tractor sold

    A rare vintage Porsche tractor has been sold by Kyneton auctioneer Martin Evans. “Porsche made tractors in the period 1956…

  • Grumpies pay tribute

    Grumpies pay tribute

    The lockdowns and pandemic deprivations through which we have all lived in recent months have prevented one special band of…

  • On snow gum watch

    On snow gum watch

    Dieback identified in snow gum populations on Mount Macedon and surrounds have been flagged as a cause for concern. Macedon…

  • Mount service to go ahead

    Mount service to go ahead

    The Mount Macedon Anzac Day Dawn Service Committee has announced it will conduct a service at the Mount Macedon War…