Macedon Ranges Shire Council
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Crammed on the court
Weeks of training disarray has amplified Riddell Football Netball Club’s campaign for more netball courts. Riddell netballers have been scrambling for training time since their only outdoor court was shut for repairs nearly a month ago. Macedon Ranges Shire Council issued a cease play notice following court safety concerns flagged in RDFNL’s round two senior…
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Petition to keep trees fails
Plans for Kyneton Showgrounds Master Plan will progress despite strong objection to the removal of 10 english elm trees. The master plan includes a netball facility expansion but the preferred site option would remove the mature elms. A petition with 996 signatures has called for the Macedon Ranges Shire Council to consider an option that…
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Council backs pokies fight
Romsey residents have spoken: a majority do not support an application for 50 electronic gaming machines at Romsey Hotel. Last week, Macedon Ranges Shire Council confirmed it would again fight pokies plans for the venue based on net detriment to the community. Cr Geoff Neil said the move spoke volumes and was “supportive of the…
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Riddell fight rears again
Riddells Creek residents are preparing to continue the fight to keep the rural identity of their town. Plans for an Amess Road Precinct Structure Plan and development are now in the hands of the state government despite Macedon Ranges Shire Council’s rejection last year. The Department of Transport and Planning has confirmed a pre-application request…
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Vandals target signs in pokies fight
Signs with the message to ‘Keep Romsey pokies free’ in the Romsey township were targeted with spray paint last week. Sometime overnight last Wednesday and Thursday at least four of the signs were spray-painted with opposite messaging: ‘Give Romsey pokies $$ 4 our town’. Anti-pokies group Keep Romsey Pokies Free had posted about eight signs…
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Score the Edgy Veg dishes!
Fook Shing in Kyneton is entering a vegan mapo tofu dish in this year’s Edgy Veg Awards. It sits alongside 20 other entries including a caramelised eggplant dish at Holgates in Woodend, a wild mushroom dish at Social Foundry and plant-based chick’n satay skewers at Lancefield’s Lost Watering Hole to name a few. This will…
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Outside areas want say in pokies survey
Romsey will have its say on pokies in Macedon Ranges Shire Council’s plebiscite but some residents feel the survey area doesn’t extend far enough.
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Council ban on pokies?
The future viability of Kyneton Bowling Club is at risk as a new council policy threatens to ban its electronic gaming machines.
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Council funds running dry?
Financial constraints are limiting Macedon Ranges Shire Council’s ability to deliver new infrastructure and basic maintenance to community expectation.
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Hundreds impacted by storms
Hundreds of Macedon Ranges residents have experienced flood and storm impacts since Christmas Eve and Macedon Ranges Shire Council has been working to prioritise and address concerns.
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Wedge Street plan rejected
Macedon Ranges Shire Council has rejected an 18-lot development at Wedge Street, Kyneton.