Budget focus on community
Parents with young children, volunteers, sports groups, walkers and cyclists are set to be the big winners out of Macedon Ranges council’s 2017-18 budget.
Investment...
Offering help to save lives
More Macedon Ranges young people will be informed, inspired and possibly saved through a youth suicide prevention initiative.
The council developed Live4Life in 2009 as...
Environmental win for Jacksons Creek
Native plants and animals along Jacksons Creek will be better protected thanks to a new restoration project for the wetlands.
The three-year project, funded by...
Mind how you go
A mother and daughter are reaching out to young people struggling with mental health and autism through a new social group.
Riddells Creek 18-year-old Chloe...
A lot riding on campaign
A community campaign to collect old, unwanted bikes, fix them up and sell them is set to go global.
The Wilkinson’s Wheels community initiative was...
Dance of a lifetime
The love story of John and Judy Wills began at a barn dance in Myrtleford.
The Woodend couple admit they didn’t think much of each...
Macedon equine industry saddles up for a fight
The push to get an equine strategy back on the Macedon Ranges council agenda is on again.
Councillors voted in February to shelve plans for...
Good work is in the bag
What goes around comes around – that’s what a group of Sunbury crafters hope will happen as they try to find a fix for...
A career with spark
A Sunbury sparky has earned himself a flash new title as a Kangan Institute Apprentice of the Year.
Electrician Steve McKinnon, above, claimed top honours...
Cash injection for Hume
Upgrades to Sunbury Aquatic Centre, implementation of the Sunbury McMahon Recreation Reserve master plan and construction of the Hume Global Learning Centre are the...
Boulevard plan gets big tick
A “derelict” site at Caroline Springs will soon be demolished to make way for two multi-storey developments in a bid to “bring glory” to...
Gisborne Botanic Gardens’ future
Gisborne residents are being asked to help frame the future of their botanic gardens.
Their views are wanted by Macedon Ranges council on its draft...
Sports club’s female fix
Mice have been known to frolic in female changerooms at Gardiner Oval in Gisborne – and the town’s football and netball clubs have had...
Funding for Sunbury and Macedon Ranges schools
Sunbury and Macedon Ranges schools are planning some major upgrades after funding wins in the 2017-18 state budget.
Sunbury Downs Secondary College will receive $3.9...
Towering news for Pipers Creek black spot
Calls to improve phone and internet coverage in Pipers Creek have been answered.
Telstra has installed a mobile tower in Pipers Creek as part of...
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Preventing Gendered Violence At Work
Safer workplaces are on the way with a state government initiative aiming to prevent work-related gendered violence.
WorkSafe Victoria has partnered with the Sir Zelman...
