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  • Trees take root at Bassett Creek

    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…

  • Literary lunch to launch festival

    Literary lunch to launch festival

    The Mountain Writers Festival will hold its first event – a lunch in Macedon featuring Victorian writers – on Saturday…

  • A family effort

    A family effort

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

  • Test cameras for Calder

    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…

  • Get set for the Gift

    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…

  • Bringing voices together

    Bringing voices together

    Eve Lamb International Women’s Day will be celebrated in Castlemaine with an evening of live entertainment on Tuesday March 8….

  • Trailer jack-knifes, ute rolls on Calder

    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….

  • Watch out for fakes!

    Watch out for fakes!

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

  • New chapter for MAAW

    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…

  • Guildford PS reopens

    Guildford PS reopens

    The doors to the historic Guildford Primary School reopened to students on Monday. The reopening of the Campbells Creek Primary…

  • A fresh face for arts and culture

    A fresh face for arts and culture

    Macedon Ranges Shire Council has appointed a new coordinator of arts and culture. Simon Clarke has over 25 years’ experience…

  • A triumphant return to the track

    A triumphant return to the track

    For Christy Lambert every single run has a story and proud moment. The 41-year-old Romsey mother of three has made…