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22/06/2024

30 years ago

June 28, 1994

Members of the Macedon Calder Action Group (MCAG) urges fellow residents to help push for a rural bypass to the Black Forest.

25 years ago

June 29, 1999

Macdeon Ranges council announced a 6.9 per cent rate increase in its 1999-2000 municipal budget.

20 years ago

June 22, 2004

Two Woodend residents pleaded guilty to trapping and injuring a wombat.

10 years ago

June 24, 2014

Cobaw Community Health had to consider cutting operating hours and increasing costs due to state and federal government funding cuts.

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