Macedon Ranges

  • Parma night for the farmers’ fight

    Parma night for the farmers’ fight

    Local pubs, clubs and restaurants are serving up parmas with added incentive. They have backed the widespread ‘Parma for a…

  • Local brigades step up

    Local brigades step up

    Local firefighters are stepping up to to fight depression, PTSD and suicide in this year’s Melbourne Firefighter Stair Climb. Each…

  • New courts to be a hit

    New courts to be a hit

    Tennis will become even more of a hit in Riddells Creek with three new Tennis Australia compliant hard courts to…

  • Macedon wants a hub

    Macedon wants a hub

    A group of Macedon locals have banded together in a bid to convert a council-owned building into a community hub….

  • Blaze at Highbank

    Blaze at Highbank

    The historic Kyneton farmhouse owned by television personality Tonia Todman was significantly damaged by fire yesterday morning. Firefighters arrived at…

  • Match 500 for a sport master

    Match 500 for a sport master

    If, when he began playing junior footy for Macedon in 1981, Ray Tadd had listened to people who told him…

  • Cash windfall boosts budget

    Cash windfall boosts budget

    Public submissions and an unexpected cash windfall of $465,000 in federal government grants has changed the shape of Macedon Ranges…

  • Comparing our crime stats

    Comparing our crime stats

    Mount Alexander Shire has a consistently higher crime rate per head of population than its Macedon Ranges Shire neighbour, the…

  • Early birthday gift for brigade

    Early birthday gift for brigade

    News of a new fire station is an early birthday present for Carlsruhe Fire Brigade as it prepares to celebrate…

  • Backlash over bike review

    Backlash over bike review

    Community backlash may force Macedon Ranges Shire Council to reconsider a review of its ban on motorised recreational vehicle use…

  • Meet the Dads Club

    Meet the Dads Club

    It might be difficult to make new mates in a new town but one group of dads is making it…

  • Small producers on cloud nine

    Small producers on cloud nine

    Artisanal producers are expected to find some relief in a $2 million agriculture and premium food state government fund designed…