Macedon Ranges Shire Council
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Truffle farm build rejected
Building on a small Farm Zone property has been rejected to support what Macedon Ranges Shire Council has described as “de facto hobby farming”. Plans were to build a home in support of a two-hectare truffle orchard and seasonal grazing on 17 hectares in Lauriston. While no permit was required for the farming activities, building…
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Bid to build in farm zone
New Kyneton farmers aiming to be among Australia’s largest Shropshire sheep breeders are fighting to build in the Farm Zone to realise their dreams. The Pinto family seeks to build shedding, water tank and a family home but their property falls under the 40ha build requirement for the zone. Farm plans present a vision for…
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Prioritise safety call
Woodend’s St Ambrose Primary School community is calling for pedestrian safety works to be prioritised in Macedon Ranges Shire Council’s draft budget. About 100 people used Walk to School Day as an opportunity to highlight the dangers for students with a lack of safe crossing points in the Woodend school precinct. More than 150 parents…
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Amp up for ‘The Gig’
A new live music event known as ‘The Gig’ will take place in Woodend tonight. Macedon Ranges Shire Council’s Music in the Sticks crew will host the all-ages event, which will feature four local bands: Sack of Flour, Junkyard Wizards, The Seventh Circle and Miles Brennan. Council’s director of community, Maria Weiss, encouraged young people…
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IDAHOBIT celebrations
A number of events are being held across the Macedon Ranges to mark International Day against Homophobia, Biphobia, Interphobia and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT) next week. A flag-raising ceremony will be held at the Kyneton Mechanics Institute on Tuesday May 17 from 12pm featuring guest speakers from Macedon Ranges Shire Council, Sunbury and Cobaw Community Health and…
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United with Ukraine
Kyneton Town Hall is lighting up with Ukraine’s colours for seven days as a show of support and respect for the war-torn nation. The blue and yellow light display began on Friday, following Macedon Ranges Shire councillors unanimous support for the move at the ordinary meeting for April. “We want to show that this council…
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Flying into the park
The Macedon community celebrated the exciting launch of a flying fox at Ash Wednesday Park on Friday. Macedon Ranges deputy mayor Rob Guthrie and guest speaker Athol Guy AO, of The Seekers fame, welcomed the new playground addition with students from Macedon Primary School and Mount Macedon Primary School. The flying fox was possible with…
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Woodend traffic fix closer
Woodend’s notorious Urquhart/High Street intersection was the prime concern for respondents to a transport study for the town. The intersection near Coles supermarket made up 37 per cent of the 67 submissions to the Woodend Integrated Transport Study survey. Users of the intersection contend with main street congestion, a confusing layout with several turning points…
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PRECINCT NEED CRITICAL
Sporting clubs are crying out for federal funding to complete the Macedon Ranges Regional Sports Precinct as local facilities overflow. Macedon Ranges Shire Council seeks $21 million for stage two of the project that’s been years in demand. While there was no mention of the sports precinct in the Federal Budget handed down last week,…
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New offer for Rock paddock
Will Macedon Ranges Shire Council agree to sell Hanging Rock’s East Paddock and at what cost? The public can soon weigh in as a new offer from the Victorian Government has emerged to purchase the community asset. Council’s acting director of corporate and community, Gina Lyons, said the proposed sale price was yet to be…
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‘SOS’ – save our soils
Romsey residents are urging protection of valuable rich farming soils as they brace for town growth. Where and how the town develops is a crucial part of Macedon Ranges Council’s current work developing a Romsey Structure Plan. However, early options to develop east-south, and north-west, have drawn questions. A 1994 Land Capability Study for the…
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Plea to preserve history
Local historians are fighting to protect the historic Eden Park homestead that could be at risk as Romsey development plans progress. Peter Mitchell settled the farming property in 1858 and it retains many of its original features but lacks formal protection. The property is included within one of three settlement boundary options discussed in Macedon…