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  • Get those portraits ready

    Get those portraits ready

    Get your skates on, or your brushes or camera at the ready because entries in the IBeHuman – Maldon Portrait…

  • Meal train to get rolling

    Meal train to get rolling

    A new community meal train could help new and expecting Kyneton families in the first stages at home together. Birth…

  • Meet our new commander

    Meet our new commander

    Drugs, firearms, road policing, youth engagement and COVID response are areas of focus for Macedon Ranges’ new police area commander…

  • Jabs in younger arms

    Jabs in younger arms

    Children as young as 12 have begun receiving their COVID-19 vaccinations in Castlemaine with the town’s local GP clinics now…

  • Moving to the country

    Moving to the country

    For 13 seasons we’ve seen Shaynna Blaze as a judge on The Block, as well as helping homeowners spruce up their…

  • HOME-GROWN STARS FACE OFF

    HOME-GROWN STARS FACE OFF

    The 2021 AFL Grand Final is taking place far away in Perth on Saturday, but there’s an extraordinary level of…

  • Recruiting kicks off for annual power apprentice program

    Recruiting kicks off for annual power apprentice program

    Recruitment for one of Victoria’s most sought-after apprenticeships has opened and applicants looking for a ‘high voltage’ career like no…

  • NEW FREEDOMS WITH FIRST DOSE TARGET REACHED TOMORROW

    NEW FREEDOMS WITH FIRST DOSE TARGET REACHED TOMORROW

    Thanks to the incredible efforts of the community, Victoria will hit its 70 per cent first dose vaccination target tomorrow…

  • Maya Rose to launch new single

    Maya Rose to launch new single

    Castlemaine R&B singer-songwriter Maya Rose says ‘Enough is enough’ in her new gender inequality single Mind the Gap to be officially released…

  • Artists shortlisted in national prize

    Artists shortlisted in national prize

    Four local artists, Catherine Tait, Dawn Duncan-Smith, Bruce Taylor and Greg Mallyon, are among the finalists in the inaugural annual…

  • Foster carers needed

    Foster carers needed

    During Foster Care Week (September 12-18) leading child welfare organisation Anglicare Victoria is shining a spotlight on the urgent need…

  • Love and light for Lauren

    Love and light for Lauren

    The Castlemaine community was devastated by the loss of young Newstead mum Lauren Bright to cancer on September 3. Lauren…