Vital call to keep market going
Lancefield Farmers Market will go ahead as scheduled on Saturday as lockdown restrictions allow.
Stallholders and organisers maintain the open air market with strict COVID-safe...
Police conduct roving patrols of region’s borders
Police have been patrolling the region's borders looking for metropolitan drivers breaching the chief health officer's stay-at-home directions.
Sergeant Mark Stephenson of the Macedon Ranges...
LOCKDOWN HARDSHIP – Small businesses at risk of insolvency or bankruptcy
Kyneton barrister Paul White says state government support has come too late for many small businesses facing hardship in rolling COVID lockdowns.
He is giving...
LOCKDOWN ACROSS REGIONAL VICTORIA
Due to the ongoing level of community transmission, the large number of mystery cases and a surge of new cases and exposures sites outside...
All that glitters
This year marks the 170th anniversary of the discovery of gold on Mount Alexander Run in 1851.
To celebrate the historic occasion, the Castlemaine Historical...
Don Watson in conversation in Woodend
Advisor and speechwriter to Premier and Prime Minister, screenwriter, satirist and traveller, Don Watson is the author of 13 books.
His latest offering, Watsonia: A Writing...
Mental health support – locally
Romsey Neighbourhood House is seeing the benefit of addressing mental health support – locally.
A collaboration between RNH and MindHealthHub is providing individuals in the...
The show must go on
Little Gallery at Trentham's mid-year show aims to not only feature high-profile regional guest artists but also raise funds for the storm-battered charity Path...
Pharmacists join the vaccine rollout
Castlemaine pharmacists expect to begin administering the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine from this week.
Late last week the town's Thomas and Chong and the McKenzie Davey...
Kyneton development to VCAT
A contentious Kyneton development with McDonalds, Bunnings and a 24-hour petrol station will be determined at the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal.The two-part commercial...
Maldon exploration returns
A gold explorer is taking a fresh look at the potential of the once-famed Maldon goldfields.
Kaiser Reef Limited recently launched a new gold exploration...
Castlemaine’s Theatre Royal to screen MIFF premieres
Regional venues are stepping up to act as the new home of the Melbourne International Film Festival.
Castlemaine's Theatre Royal is among regional theatres that...
