News
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Music, food, art and more
Highlights of this year’s Macedon Ranges Autumn Festival have been revealed. An exciting range of ticketed events from March 26…
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Raising boys?
A series of online workshops for parents of teenage boys aims to challenge traditional ideas of masculinity and create a…
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A win for ecosystems
Local conservation group Biolinks Alliance has secured a $495,000 three-year grant from The Ian Potter Foundation to support connection and…
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Are you fire ready?
You don’t have to live in the country to be at risk of fire. If you live near areas that…
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DEAD take over Village Square
Castlemaine-based band/art project DEAD will play a free show at the town’s ‘Village Square’ entertainment space on Friday, March 4…
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Retrospective exhibition at Vaughan
After 20 years, respected Vaughan artist Jenny Morton is saying farewell to her family home and studio ‘Art at Morton’s…
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Contract awarded for upgrade of fatality road
Eve Lamb A contested vote of council has seen a local earthmoving firm clinch the $529,842 contract for roadworks to…
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Coles for Romsey?
Supermarket giant Coles has confirmed it has interest in Romsey. A Coles spokesperson told the Express last week, “Along with sites all…
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Flare-up reignites grassland blaze
Eve Lamb A flare-up from a previous fire has been blamed for igniting a grassfire that saw residents in the…
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Championship in his sights
Fourth-generation Romsey axeman Blake Meyer is sharpening his focus on the STIHL Timbersports Australian Trophy Championship next month. The 14-time…
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What! Me? Sing?
Notes from a wobbly Woodend Warbler Lindsay Cumming When my daughter, newly arrived in Woodend with her family last year,…
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Idea takes seed
Three friends are establishing a native nursery for the Macedon Ranges, with a goal of continuing and expanding the legacy…