Mount Alexander

  • Run the Maine a success

    Run the Maine a success

    Runners from across the region and beyond descended on Castlemaine on AFL grand final eve, September 23, for the annual…

  • Forced to flee: Afghani women make film in the ‘Maine

    Forced to flee: Afghani women make film in the ‘Maine

    Eve Lamb A group of young Afghani women who recently fled the oppressive rule of the Taliban have visited Castlemaine…

  • Prepare to huff n puff

    Prepare to huff n puff

    Eve Lamb With hundreds of runners already limbering up for Friday’s long anticipated Run The Maine, organisers have their fingers…

  • Great Good Friday effort

    Great Good Friday effort

    Local fire brigades, businesses and individuals across Macedon Ranges and Mount Alexander have boosted this year’s Royal Children’s Hospital Good…

  • Value in diversity

    Value in diversity

    Windarring Disability Services is encouraging diversity in workplaces across Macedon Ranges and Mount Alexander Shire. Shaelee Desmond, Windarring’s Australian Disability…

  • Close shave for Alex

    Close shave for Alex

    Edgar’s Mission has rescued a sheep carrying 40kgs of wool found at Mount Alexander earlier this month. The wool-burdened sheep,…

  • Calling entrepreneurs

    Calling entrepreneurs

    Got a new business idea or an existing business looking to scale up and expand into new markets? If so,…

  • Exemption on farm worker accommodation

    Exemption on farm worker accommodation

    Farmers will no longer require a permit to build on-farm worker accommodation under new Victorian planning changes. The permit exemption…

  • Businesses join big shift

    Businesses join big shift

    Businesses throughout Mount Alexander are being invited to join forces with others and commit to shift to 100 per cent…

  • Maldon makeover milestone celebrated

    Maldon makeover milestone celebrated

    Wednesday marked a historic day for the Maldon township with work beginning to remove power poles and lines following the…

  • Councils sign on to renewables

    Councils sign on to renewables

    Macedon Ranges, Mount Alexander and Hepburn are three of 46 state councils to sign on to the largest ever emissions…

  • Fire restrictions to end

    The Fire Danger Period will end at 1am on March 22 in the Macedon Ranges and at 1am on March…