COVID-19
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Married and buried in the age of COVID
It’s a tough time to need a funeral or to want to get married. But local celebrants say that despite COVID-19 restrictions it’s still possible to mark these important life ceremonies – particularly using technology. Under Victoria’s COVID-19 restrictions, weddings are now limited to just five people including the religious minister, priest or celebrant presiding,…
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Sacred Heart College student tests positive for COVID-19
Local health services have confirmed that a student at Sacred Heart College in Kyneton has tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19). The student was at school until last Thursday and was tested last Saturday. The student also travelled to and from Kyneton High School on Friday to access a work placement. In a letter sent to…
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Market cancelled amid coronavirus fears
Community concern over potential coronavirus transmission resulted in the cancellation of the Lancefield and District Farmers Market last Saturday. Vivien Philpotts, Lancefield Neighbourhood House coordinator and Lancefield Park Committee of Management member, explained that both committees had decided the market was attracting too many people from outside of town and putting people in the community…
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Gisborne Secondary College closed for COVID
Gisborne Secondary College was closed on Monday after two positive cases of COVID-19 were linked to the school over the weekend. The first case was reported on Friday and the school was closed on Saturday as a precaution until the case could be investigated by the Department of Health and Human Services. Principal Jon Morley…
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Increase in cases linked to Don KR
Don KR’s Castlemaine factory remains temporarily closed with the company confirming six cases of coronavirus linked to the site as of yesterday. “We have six employees from our Castlemaine production facility that have been confirmed to us as tested positive for COVID-19,” the company said in a statement provided to the Midland Express yesterday. “The…
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Four COVID cases linked to MYJC
Four Department of Education employees working at the Malmsbury Youth Justice Centre have now returned positive tests for COVID-19. A spokesperson from the Department of Justice and Community Safety said the department would continue to work with the Department of Education and the Department of Health and Human Services to minimise any potential risks for…
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‘Protect the region’
A Kyneton business owner has refused to take bookings from people wanting to visit from Melbourne’s coronavirus lockdown areas. Ellenis Day Spa has had several people attempt to make a booking including one woman who argued that “nobody needs to know”. Owner Irene Thompson said the spa had also cancelled dozens of advance bookings from…
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YJC LOCKDOWN
Malmsbury Youth Justice Centre is in lockdown after a worker tested positive for coronavirus over the weekend. The Midland Express understands the worker was an education coordinator who assisted young people with education plans in a one-on-one capacity as transition to or from the centre. The worker, employed by the Department of Education, is believed…
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Second COVID-19 case confirmed for Coles Woodend
A second team member at Coles’ Woodend supermarket is self-isolating after testing positive for COVID-19. A Coles spokesperson said the team member had not been into the store since July 8 and was self-isolating after being identified as a close contact of an earlier positive case. “Any other team member who worked in close contact…
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New coronavirus cases for Macedon Ranges
The Macedon Ranges has recorded two new active cases of COVID-19 since yesterday, bringing the total number of active cases to three. Victoria has recorded 238 new cases of coronavirus since yesterday, with the total number of cases now at 4448. Mount Alexander and Hepburn Shires have not recorded any new cases. Within Victoria, 29…
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Get Lost Quick in the collective
Ten local creative projects will receive $1000 each in funding support from Mount Alexander Shire Council’s rapid-response Get Lost Quick grants program. Many of the funded projects will reveal and celebrate past and emerging stories from Jaara country, including Lisa D’Onofrio’s research to celebrate historical and contemporary local women; Jan Wositzky’s reignited ‘Storyteller’s Guide to…
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Farmers looking after their own
Arnold-based primary producers Carly and Darren Noble of small farm business The Agri-Food Network recently launched a Mental Health Gift Hampers initiative aimed at bringing a smile to the face of fellow central Victorian farmers and small producers doing it tough during COVID. The couple launched the program in late March after close friend and…