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Correcting anomalies

Mount Alexander Shire Council is aiming to correct errors and anomalies as it undertakes an amendment to its planning scheme. The council late last week...

Save calls for emergency

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to put pressure on health services, Ambulance Victoria is urging people to save Triple Zero calls for emergencies only. Between...

Trees take root at Bassett Creek

Works to restore Bassett Creek have ramped up with a further 500 trees to take root. Back in 2014, the Muckleford Catchment Landcare Group began...

Literary lunch to launch festival

The Mountain Writers Festival will hold its first event – a lunch in Macedon featuring Victorian writers – on Saturday March 26. This literary feast...

A family effort

The Kyneton Agricultural Society has honoured president and long-serving committee member, Vince Lakey, with life membership. Mr Lakey was an incredibly hard worker and a...

Test cameras for Calder

New point-to-point speed cameras are being installed along the Calder Freeway as part of a multi-year trial of new road safety camera technology. The cameras...

Get set for the Gift

Eve Lamb For the first time ever the upcoming Castlemaine Gift will be live-streamed, but it's not the only reason this year's Gift will be...

Bringing voices together

Eve Lamb International Women's Day will be celebrated in Castlemaine with an evening of live entertainment on Tuesday March 8. The event is being hosted at...

Trailer jack-knifes, ute rolls on Calder

Emergency services were called to a single-vehicle crash on the Calder Freeway south of Kyneton just before 3pm this afternoon. An orange-coloured ute towing a...

Watch out for fakes!

Macedon Ranges police are warning of increased detection of counterfeit money in the area. Several local businesses have been affected by customers paying with counterfeit...

New chapter for MAAW

Mount Alexander Animal Welfare's new committee of management hopes to put the challenges of the past 18 months behind it and take the organisation...

Guildford PS reopens

The doors to the historic Guildford Primary School reopened to students on Monday. The reopening of the Campbells Creek Primary School's 'Guildford Campus' has come...

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