Tag: Macedon Ranges Shire Council
Scintillate the senses
A renowned Indigenous chef is coming to Kyneton Town Hall in July in celebration of NAIDOC Week 2023, featuring a live cooking demonstration to...
Gisborne stirs a cuppa
Four cafes in Gisborne threw their support behind World Elder Abuse Awareness Day with Stir a Cuppa events last week.
The Jolly Miller, 3 Little...
Star Wars battle still on
Approved plans for a home designed to replicate a Star Wars light cruiser have upset neighbouring landowners.
Macedon Ranges Shire Council issued a planning permit...
A lasting legacy
A much-loved member of the Woodend community has left the town she loved a lasting legacy.
Jo Clancy died in 2018 but left her...
Cross plan splits views
Plans to remove native vegetation to restore historic views to Melbourne from the Mount Macedon Memorial Cross have prompted passionate debate.
The cross is considered...
The power of the personal
An audience of about 150 listened transfixed as speakers from Iraq, Afghanistan, South Sudan and Burundi told stories of their quest for freedom at...
No footpath on horizon
Angela CrawfordResidents of Kyneton South fear a pedestrian or cyclist will be struck by a vehicle and killed due to a lack of footpaths...
Building healthy landscapes
Passion, purpose and practice were the words used to describe this year’s Macedon Ranges Shire Council Healthy Landscapes – Holistic Grazing Management course.
Eighteen farmers...
‘Satellite city’ approved
It's been dubbed a "reincarnation" of a past failure, now "a satellite city", but a revised development plan for Harpers Lane is expected to...
Housing in the spotlight
The draft Macedon Ranges Affordable Housing Policy has been released for community consultation before its adoption in June.
Macedon Ranges Shire Council's director of...
‘No uniform existing character in Gisborne’
The applicant behind a development plan for Gisborne's Ross Watt Road has been asked to resubmit a revised version to the Victorian Civil and...
‘Unprecedented number of visitors’
Macedon residents impacted by this year’s Autumn Festival visitation crowds have criticised the local council for its management of the event.
One resident said the...
