News
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Supermarket back on the agenda
Castlemaine’s third supermarket will again be a topic of discussion at Mount Alexander Shire Council’s first meeting of 2022 tonight. Council will consider its position heading into the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal hearing next month, in light of new plans for the proposed supermarket submitted to VCAT by Lascorp Investment Group in early December.…
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New book for local author
Macedon author Margaret Lygnos explores the power of connection in her latest novel Group Therapy. A group of women meet in their semi-rural town and get to know each other through weekly café meetings started by the local shire council. Slowly, as they learn to trust each other and form a special bond, secrets begin to…
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New school opens in Gisborne
The new Willowbank Primary School opened in Gisborne South last week. Minister for Education James Merlino and MP Mary-Anne Thomas visited the McGeorge Road site for the official opening last Thursday. “Gisborne is growing – and I couldn’t be more thrilled to see families have another great local school option close to home. I can’t…
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Stations to get facelift
The historic Harcourt Railway Station building and the Newstead Station Goods Shed are set to be transformed into new community spaces. Bendigo-based construction company BLR Provincial will carry out works to restore the historic buildings to be enjoyed by locals and visitors alike. Works to restore the buildings are being carried out through the state…
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Terrace nights, projections bring CAM façade to life
Castlemaine Art Museum launched its new ‘Terrace Nights and Terrace Projections’ series last Friday. The new series of exhibitions, installations and public programs will be running from now until mid-2023. The series kicked off with contemporary photographer Michael Corridore’s photographic collection Angry Black Snake projected on the gallery façade. At sunset every night, Angry Black Snake is the first…
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Lay down your guns
The federal government and Crime Stoppers have launched a National Illicit Firearms Campaign to remove illegal guns from the community. The three-month campaign encourages people to anonymously share what they know about illegal guns and to surrender those in their possession. “Illegal guns are more likely to be used in crime, more likely to be…
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Volunteers bring rainbow love
Do you love dogs and people and all things rainbow? The organisers of Puppy Pride 2022 are looking for a team of volunteers for this inaugural event to celebrate the LGBTIQA+ community and their pooches with a day out at the Kyneton Botanical Gardens. As part of the Macedon Ranges Autumn Festival, which runs from…
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Nudge kids to eat well
All kids deserve access to healthy and delicious food in places where they learn and play. Vic Kids Eat Well is an exciting new state-wide movement focused on boosting healthy food and drink options in the places kids spend their time, including schools, outside school hours care, sports clubs, recreation facilities, council-operated facilities and more.…
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Don’t wait for warning
Victorians waiting on bushfire warnings could be leaving it too late to act, the Country Fire Authority has warned. More than half of Victorians living in high-risk bushfire areas believe they will definitely get an official warning if under fire threat, according to CFA’s Bushfire Community Survey. It also showed more than a third expected…
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Swing by the shed
The Woodend community will get the chance to see exactly what goes on inside the walls of the Woodend Men’s Shed when it hosts an Open Day this Saturday. Shed members have completed another year of productive activity despite the difficulties and interruptions imposed by COVID-19 restrictions and lockdowns. During the course of 2021, the…
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Whistle while you woodwork
Kyneton Men’s Shed has relaunched women’s woodwork classes and they’re already proving popular through bookings. The classes are held every Tuesday over seven weeks and teach the participants the basics of woodwork. Participants each finish the course with a completed tool or garden equipment carrier that utilises all the elementary hand tools and battery-operated power…
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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 issued a statement confirming it was currently undertaking an amendment to Mount Alexander Planning Scheme seeking to correct errors and anomalies within the scheme associated with zoning, overlay mapping and…