Tag: Macedon Ranges Shire Council
Backing cash-for-cans
It is not yet known what impact a state-wide container deposit scheme would have on kerbside recycling services but both Macedon Ranges and Mount...
Kyneton and District Tennis Club gets love
After 10 long years of planning and fundraising, Kyneton and District Tennis Club had good reason for a celebration late last Thursday afternoon. The...
Council ordered to clean up ‘unofficial’ Lancefield tip site
Macedon Ranges Council has a clean up bill of about $40,000 after it was ordered to secure an "unofficial tip site" at Showlers Lane,...
Bid to protect Gisborne avenues of honour
Unregistered avenues of honour in Gisborne and New Gisborne are at risk as the towns reshape for population growth.
Several of the 100-year-old oak trees...
Macedon Ranges Council urged to drop glyphosate
Macedon Ranges Council has been urged to drop its use of potentially harmful glyphosate-based herbicides.
It is one of many councils that continues to use...
Woodend intersection dubbed a ‘lesson in irresponsible planning’
A notorious Woodend intersection has been dubbed "a lesson in irresponsible planning" as it moves up Macedon Ranges Council's priority list.
Users of the High/Urquhart...
Rise, unite, resist
This year's International Day of Elimination of Violence Against Women on November 25 saw 80 community members attend the Macedon Ranges Family Violence Network...
Dog ban for Mount Gisborne Reserve
Dogs will be banned from Mount Gisborne Reserve, beginning next year, in a bid to protect its native flora and fauna.
The unanimous vote came...
Gisborne’s heritage at risk
Some of Gisborne's earliest heritage could be at risk in the latest plan to upgrade the Kilmore and Melbourne Roads intersection.
The $12.5 million state...
Tree trim too far
Powercor has apologised for powerline tree maintenance taken a step too far in a heritage area of Lancefield.
Residents lodged complaints with the company following...
Gisborne’s Gardiner Reserve upgrades given go ahead
A major cost blowout will not stop two pavilion upgrade projects for Gisborne's Gardiner Reserve from getting underway before the 2020 game season.
Macedon Ranges...
Macedon Ranges councillors split on Farm Zone bid
Plans to support a small-scale speckle park cattle breeding pursuit in Woodend North have been knocked back.
The application sought to develop a house and...
