Police seeking woman on traffic offences
Police are asking for public assistance to help locate a 39-year-old woman known to frequent the Kyneton and Belmont areas.
The woman, Emma Gallagher,...
Ride like a girl: women hit the roads around Macedon Shire
Cycling 65 stunning kilometres around the Macedon Ranges doesn’t sound like a bad way to spend a Saturday.
Alison Skene certainly thinks so, which...
LGBTIQA+ community distressed by religious discrimination debate
A Sunbury and Cobaw Community Health (SCCH) team member has described the public debate around the federal government’s religious discrimination bill as “incredibly distressing”...
Blue trees to start conversations
Sherryn Keily was driving through Western Australia with her family when she started noticing the trees – they were hard to miss, being electric...
Grants to reduce emissions
Local community organisations will share in $1.3 million to deliver projects to cut greenhouse gas emissions by almost 1700 tonnes a year, shrinking energy...
Council rate debts continue to climb
The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted rates payments, with Hume council owed $29.1 million in outstanding rates.
A report to the February 14 council meeting revealed...
E-scooter debate divides Hume councillors
A discussion about bringing an e-scooter trial to Hume divided opinion among councillors at a meeting held last week, with council ultimately resolving to...
Temporary closure of Dacakis Lane in Sunbury
Upcoming stormwater installation works and closure of Dacakis Lane in Sunbury will be taking place Monday, February 28 to Monday, March 7 as part...
Hume seeks airport jobs
Hume council will work to link residents with employment opportunities at Melbourne Airport as it expands, with the airport anticipating 37,000 additional positions will...
Council up-cycles fallen trees
Rather than letting it go to waste, Macedon Ranges council staff have found a recycled use for the excess tree debris that was generated...
Controversial contaminated soil route approved
The Department of Transport has approved a controversial traffic management plan to allow more than 420 trucks a day carrying contaminated soil from the...
Man dies following motorcycle crash at Mount Macedon
A man in his 60s has died in hospital after a crash at Mount Macedon on Sunday, February 13.
In a statement, police said...
A life full of peaks
Woodend resident Michael Dillon AM has been awarded the Grand Prize of the International Alliance for Mountain Film (IAMF), in recognition of a career...
The lovely sounds of Woodend
When Annalies Norland joined the Woodend Warblers three years ago, she was ecstatic to find a choir group where anyone, no matter their age...
My Place: Martin Kappel
Martin Kappel has been appointed to the position of senior sergeant at Kyneton Police Station. Across his 34 years in the force, Mr Kappel...
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Kyneton pair pay the price
Two Kyneton residents who stole firewood for profit have been ordered to pay a combined $3000, following a discovery of their diary containing details...
