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Macedon Ranges duo named members of the Order of Australia

Two Macedon Ranges residents have been recognised for their contributions to the community, being named as members of the Order of Australia in the...

Exhibition reimagines the mayoral chain

One of the last pieces of civic ceremonial costume – the mayoral chain – has been re-imagined for a new exhibition at the Kyneton...

Macedon Ranges council to call for Australia-wide recycling reforms

Macedon Ranges council is pushing for the federal government to introduce Australia-wide reforms to address the current recycling crisis. Mayor Jennifer Anderson and acting chief...

Sunbury Lions call for netball court upgrade

Sunbury Lions Football Netball Club is calling on Hume council to urgently upgrade its netball courts to accommodate growing numbers of players. The Lions made...

Sunbury United plea for lights to be fast tracked

Sunbury United soccer club is urging Hume council to fast track the upgrade of lights at its Langama Park home ground, saying it cannot...

Three charged as part of ongoing Macedon Ranges drug investigation

Two women and a man have been charged with drug-related offences, after police executed a number of warrants in Kyneton, Riddells Creek and Sunbury...

Sunbury police play down road rage attacks

Sunbury police say road rage is not on the rise in the suburb, despite having dealt with two violent incidents in recent weeks. On May...

Public toilets to be rebuilt at Kyneton Cemetery

Public toilets will be rebuilt at Kyneton Cemetery. Macedon MP Mary-Anne Thomas recently announced that Kyneton Cemetery Trust would receive a $214,000 grant from the...

New chapter for Woodend Winter Arts Festival

Three Macedon Ranges authors will come together at the Woodend Winter Arts Festival to share the process of writing and publishing a book. The Words...

Sunbury’s Olive Stephenson has donated blood more than 100 times

Sunbury’s Olive Stephenson is a bloody hero. The grandmother has donated blood more than 100 times. She began giving blood in the ’70s after her children...

Exhibition creates a trail of art in Macedon Ranges

The drawings and paintings of Gisborne’s Natania Hollingsworth will feature in the Macedon Ranges Art Trail’s exhibition at the Woodend Winter Arts Festival this...

New home on the way for Carlsruhe fire brigade

Carlsruhe Fire Brigade is on its way to getting a new fire station. Macedon MP Mary-Anne Thomas last week announced a $600,000 funding bonus for...

Local law review tops Macedon Ranges council budget objections

A flood of complaints about Macedon Ranges council’s decision to allocate $15,000 to review a local law has followed the release of the council’s...

Have your say on John McMahon park design

As Sunbury residents eagerly await the revamp of John McMahon Reserve, Hume council is calling for design input on some of the park’s new...

Cooking masterclass for budding chefs at Sacred Heart College

Sacred Heart College’s hospitality centre could have been mistaken for the set of Junior MasterChef last month. The secondary school hosted a Junior Chef competition...

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Seven tips to surviving the Boxing Day sales

One sleep after Christmas comes the years ultimate shopping event - the boxing day sales. Often the busiest shopping day in the year, it...