Trentham
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Christmas at Angie’s
Angie’s Cafe and Bakeshop and t2zero have joined forces to deliver a free community Christmas lunch for Kyneton people doing it tough this year.
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Classic cars converge on Trentham
The annual Cool Country Classics Show and Shine will be held on Sunday November 12 at the Trentham Station from 10am.
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Trentham Community Hub name decision
Social media has been active, with various suggestions, including ’The Billy O’Connell Hub’ and ‘Wombats Den’.
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MAGPIE online auction launches
The team from MAGPIE has just launched an online auction as a fundraiser to support the continuing shoot for MAGPIE, a feature film to be shot at Railway Farm, Trentham. Billed as Wuthering Heights meets The Ring, MAGPIE is a supernatural/thriller romance following the story of a man mourning the death of his wife, who…
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Kyneton topples ladder leader
Bill West There were astonishing finishes to all four Highlands division one pre-Christmas pennant bowls matches on Saturday, with the last end on every contest very much alive. Who says bowls is boring? At home, Kyneton climbed off the bottom of the ladder by eclipsing previously unbeaten Romsey by three shots, Gisborne had the same…
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Terri O’Callaghan named Dalhousie champion
Trentham’s Terri O’Callaghan is pictured after scoring a four-stroke victory in Dalhousie District Golf Association’s women’s championship for 2022. It was O’Callaghan’s first win in this annual prestige event, played at on the Broadford course. Participants were pleased to be back playing golf after missing many events in October and November due to unplayable wet…
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Golf leader’s recognition
Dalhousie District Golf Association president Mary Campbell received deserving recognition at the Australian Women’s Sport 2022 Women in Sport breakfast on Friday. She was recognised as “a leader and advocate for all things fair within country golf”. The Dalhousie president has been a member of Romsey, Trentham and Broadford golf clubs over the years. The…
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Trentham, Romsey superb in bowls
Bill West Highlands pennant bowls is back! And Romsey and Trentham were the show stealers in the division one 2022-2023 opening round on Saturday. The number of synthetic greens across the area proved their worth, and all matches were played across the three divisions apart from the two scheduled for Lancefield, where the grass surface…
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Multiple power outages under investigation
Powercor is using advanced technology to identify the cause of multiple power outages being experienced by some customers in the Macedon Ranges and Hepburn Shire during the past fortnight. Forensic patrols of more than 260km of powerline are well advanced, with crews narrowing down the fault location to a 20km area between Blackwood and Trentham.…
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The show must go on
Little Gallery at Trentham’s mid-year show aims to not only feature high-profile regional guest artists but also raise funds for the storm-battered charity Path of the Horse and the Quarry Street Reserve after a devastating storm in June. LG artist Rose Wilson said the town had been through a lot of late, so when lockdown…
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Friends raise dough for local baker in need
A crowdfunding campaign has raised more than $50,000 for a local family in crisis. Castlemaine resident and founder of Trentham’s famous RedBeard Historic Bakery John Reid was diagnosed with brain cancer in February, placing enormous stress on his wife Thaïs Sansom and their three sons. A friend’s initiative and community generosity has brought some welcome…
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Premierships spread about
Premierships for season 2020-2021 were decided across various senior grades in the Gisborne District Cricket Association on Saturday. While the powerful Bacchus Marsh club claimed convincing wins in McIntyre Cup and Johnstone Shield finals (the two top grades) there were plenty of prolonged celebrations among various Macedon Ranges clubs, plus Trentham, on Saturday night. “It’s…