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  • Market adopts First Nations boundaries

    Market adopts First Nations boundaries

    In a Victorian first, the Castlemaine Farmers Market is set to adopt the traditional boundaries of the local First Nations…

  • World titles beckon

    World titles beckon

    “It’s been a long journey but I’m over the moon to finally be named in my first World Championships.“I can’t…

  • Inmate and officer injured

    Inmate and officer injured

    An inmate at the Malmsbury Youth Justice Centre was taken to hospital after a fight with another inmate on Saturday….

  • VACCINE ELIGIBILITY EXPANDING FOR ANYONE 16 AND OVER

    VACCINE ELIGIBILITY EXPANDING FOR ANYONE 16 AND OVER

    Every Victorian aged 16 years and over will be eligible to access a COVID-19 vaccine at state-run vaccination centres from…

  • ‘We can’t take your word for it’

    ‘We can’t take your word for it’

    People from lockdown postcodes have been caught flouting restrictions and trying to gain entry to businesses in the Macedon Ranges….

  • Rubbish in focus

    Rubbish in focus

    Mount Alexander Shire Council is investigating the introduction of tip passes and a potential kerbside hard rubbish collection. At last…

  • Vital call to keep market going

    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…

  • Police conduct roving patrols of region’s borders

    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…

  • LOCKDOWN HARDSHIP – Small businesses at risk of insolvency or bankruptcy

    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…

  • LOCKDOWN ACROSS REGIONAL VICTORIA

    LOCKDOWN ACROSS REGIONAL VICTORIA

    Due to the ongoing level of community transmission, the large number of mystery cases and a surge of new cases…

  • All that glitters

    All that glitters

    This year marks the 170th anniversary of the discovery of gold on Mount Alexander Run in 1851. To celebrate the…

  • Don Watson in conversation in Woodend

    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….