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Dog owner unleashes

A Kyneton dog owner is calling on other dog owners to be more responsible for their pets when walking them off lead. Clive Rutter says...

The true cost of caring

Kris Rawlinson gave up a successful career to care for her husband Neal Furze when he had both legs and most of his fingers...

Meet … the orchard keepers

A poet, an engineer, a nutritionist and a filmmaker walk into an orchard… The result is The Orchard Keepers – the newest kids on the...

A walk on the wildflower side

Rare and striking wildflowers of the Macedon Ranges are celebrated in a combined Newham and District Landcare Group / Woodend Landcare film project. The two...

Outrage at kangaroo processing proposal

National wildlife welfare advocates in Castlemaine say a proposed kangaroo pet food meat processing plant at Inglewood risks wiping out that area's native kangaroo...

Protection a burden?

Proposed heritage overlays could be too great a burden on not-for-profit organisations, Macedon Ranges Shire Council has heard. Freemasons Victoria and the Coptic Orthodox Church...

Hospitality struggles through restrictions

Regional hospitality venues had the green light to reopen with lockdown lifting on Friday but many remained shut as tough restrictions rendered some operations...

Maldon millionaire!

A young Maldon man’s dream of buying his very own home can now come true after he scored $2.5 million in the weekend’s TattsLotto...

Meet the market mutts

The fundraising team at St Paul's Anglican Church has again been able to make 'Market Mutts' Dogs of the Kyneton Farmers Market calendar for...

Wellness retreat for Romsey?

A wellness retreat and organic farm have been proposed for Highfields at Romsey. "The retreat aims to celebrate the power of silence and rejuvenation through...

Call to save heritage

Macedon Ranges residents are petitioning Regional Roads Victoria to honour plans to save some of Gisborne’s oldest heritage in the Kilmore and Melbourne Roads...

Wanted: ex-prisoners for theatre project

Local men who are ex-prisoners or have personally experienced the criminal justice system are wanted to participate in an innovative new paid theatre project...

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