All the fun of the garden lovers fair
Garden lovers are ringing in the new season with all the fun of the fair.
More than 1500 visitors are expected to converge on the...
CFA gets ready for fire season
Gisborne’s volunteer firefighters will get bigger digs, while Macedon’s Country Fire Authority members will tackle emergencies more quickly in their new truck, thanks to...
Hanging Rock needs range of talent
People with business and sports management skills, historians, teachers and archeologists, are needed to ensure a broad range of talent is behind the delivery...
Council puts lifestyle over policy
The continued fragmentation of farm land for country lifestyle blocks has led to calls for Macedon Ranges council to be consistent in its planning.
Cr...
Permit denied for ‘Old Yeller’
A Romsey family is thinking of selling up after 16 years because of a row with the council over a truck parked on their...
Wallace’s legacy lives on in Sunbury
The families of soldiers killed or disabled, physically or mentally, while in armed service have taken to the streets over the past week to...
Council backs down on green waste system
A new green waste voucher scheme for Macedon Ranges’ residents has been put on hold until next year after a public backlash.
Council changed its...
All the fun of the antique fair this weekend.
All things old can become new again for art lovers and collectors at the Kyneton Antique and Vintage Fair this week.
The event is one...
Greenkeeper of the Year at the top of his game.
Rod Oosterhof is at the top of his game after a decade of caring for bowling greens.
The Sunbury Bowls Club greenkeeper was last week...
Airfield masterplan one step closer to take off.
Kyneton residents have another chance to either back the town’s airfield expansion or tell the council what’s wrong with its masterplan.
A proliferation of privately...
Community crossing supervisors needed.
Wanted: Enthusiastic school crossing supervisors.
Macedon Ranges council is putting out the call in response to a shortage of supervisors across the shire.
Cheryl Wilkinson, who...
On the spot fines for public roadside car sales
Selling secondhand cars from naturestrips may save owners advertising money, but Macedon Ranges council warns it could also cost them.
Roadsides, naturestrips and footpaths are...
Sunbury teacher goes the extra mile for a talented young boy
A Sunbury teacher is going the extra mile so a talented young boy can live his dream of becoming an elite athlete.
Brooke Caulfield first...
Health workers train to respond to family violence victims
Regional health services in Hume and the Loddon Mallee will be set up to respond better to people experiencing family violence.
Hundreds of hospital staff...
Sunbury’s Errel Gray in the box seat for giving
Sunbury’s Errel Gray has 1000 empty shoeboxes to fill, destined for disadvantaged children from some of the world’s poorest countries – but she needs...
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Lions into granny
Two years ago, the Sunbury Lions didn’t have an A-grade side in the Ballarat Netball League.
Now they are playing off in a grand final.
The...
