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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 October and December, a total of 45,087 callers state-wide to Triple Zero did not need an emergency ambulance and were instead connected by paramedics and nurses in the Secondary Triage…
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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 work to restore the tributary of Muckleford Creek. The group wanted to improve the biodiversity and habitat in the area. They worked with a local farmer to plant shrubs and…
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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 brings together esteemed writers Tony Birch, Evelyn Araluen, Tom Griffiths and Sophie Cunningham. “We’re thrilled to finally be able to stage our first event,” said festival director, local author Sonia…
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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 passionate advocate for the show in his 14 years on the committee, becoming president in 2019. Society secretary, Josephine Rutledge, said the life membership also recognised the efforts of the…
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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 are test cameras only, designed to trial the benefits of emerging P2P technology from a range of camera suppliers, and no infringements will be issued. A spokesperson from the Department…
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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 especially significant. Coming up fast on Sunday February 27 this year’s running marks the 100th year since the Castlemaine Gift first happened on Camp Reserve. Organiser Darryl Nettleton was exuberant…
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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 the Northern Arts Hotel and will feature plenty of live music with a lineup of talented local musos on the evening’s program that will get started from 7pm. Those…
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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 trailer loaded with another utility lost control on a downhill section of the freeway. The trailer ‘jack-knifed’ causing its load to roll and the towing vehicle to collide with the…
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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 money. The majority of the cases involve $50 notes of good quality. Police say there are usually signs that the currency is false as they often feel different, especially around…
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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 into a bright future. The incoming committee was elected at MAAW’s annual general meeting at the Castlemaine Town Hall on December 19 and includes president Graham McFaul, vice-president Carol Jensen, secretary…
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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 about after more than two years of campaigning by the Guildford community and thanks to the hard work of Campbells Creek Primary School staff and the wider school community. The…
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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 in the arts, chiefly focused on community engagement, emerging artists and youth audiences. He has also worked as an actor, dancer, puppeteer and dramatist, and has produced, directed and performed in countless independent theatre shows.…