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  • Dog owner unleashes

    Dog owner unleashes

    A Kyneton dog owner is calling on other dog owners to be more responsible for their pets when walking them…

  • The true cost of caring

    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…

  • Meet … the orchard keepers

    Meet … the orchard keepers

    A poet, an engineer, a nutritionist and a filmmaker walk into an orchard… The result is The Orchard Keepers –…

  • A walk on the wildflower side

    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…

  • Outrage at kangaroo processing proposal

    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…

  • Protection a burden?

    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…

  • Hospitality struggles through restrictions

    Hospitality struggles through restrictions

    Regional hospitality venues had the green light to reopen with lockdown lifting on Friday but many remained shut as tough…

  • Maldon millionaire!

    Maldon millionaire!

    A young Maldon man’s dream of buying his very own home can now come true after he scored $2.5 million…

  • Meet the market mutts

    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…

  • Wellness retreat for Romsey?

    Wellness retreat for Romsey?

    A wellness retreat and organic farm have been proposed for Highfields at Romsey. “The retreat aims to celebrate the power…

  • Call to save heritage

    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…

  • Wanted: ex-prisoners for theatre project

    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…