Tag: Mount Alexander Shire Council
Porcupine Village project advances
The team behind the redevelopment of Maldon tourist attraction Porcupine Village has submitted an amended planning permit for consideration by Mount Alexander...
Ward structures under review
Mount Alexander Shire Council and Hepburn Shire Council are among 39 Victorian local councils undergoing electoral structure reviews throughout 2023-24.
Housing crisis deepens
We all ask ourselves what’s going on when we see tarps erected in public places, or people sleeping in their cars.
Exhibition claims national honour
The good news continues for the newly installed Boorp Boorp Boondyil exhibition at the historic Castlemaine Market Building, with the announcement that...
Working towards net zero
The Mt Alexander Net Zero Working Group has been busy behind the scenes highlighting the efforts of local businesses in working towards...
Community to gather and reflect
Mount Alexander Shire Council will be recognising Sorry Day and National Reconciliation Week with a number of events open to the community.
Depot gets green light
Lisa Dennis
A contractor's depot will be built on farming land at Muckleford after gaining approval at the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal.
The VCAT decision...
Bridge back on agenda
Jade Jungwirth
The highly controversial Froomes Road Bridge is once again on the agenda of tonight’s Mount Alexander Shire Council meeting.
At the beginning of...
A little bit of Christmas magic
Jade Jungwirth
A group of local women has spent endless hours making hand-crafted Christmas wreaths to place around the townships of Castlemaine and Maldon.
Seventy-three-year-old Lana...
Christmas shop controversy
Jade Jungwirth
A number of Maldon shop owners have expressed outrage at a new red arrow pointing to 'Santa and the Christmas Shop' (Vanilla Spice).
Traders...
Council denies permit
Jade Jungwirth
Mount Alexander Shire councillors aired mixed views on the refusal of a double-storey development and two-lot subdivision opposite picturesque bushland at Castlemaine.
The Parker...
Upgrade for notorious road
Lisa Dennis
Walmer's notorious Fogartys Gap Road is one of 47 roads across the state to be upgraded thanks to an injection of funds from...
