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Police search for missing Delahey teenager

Sunshine police are appealing for public assistance to help locate a Delahey teenager who has been missing for almost two weeks. Olivia Samuel, 15, was...

Sunbury crime soars

A large increase in drug offences and breaches of orders has driven a 30 per cent increase in overall crime in Sunbury. Latest data released...

Mums get fit for life

A Sunbury personal trainer who conquered postnatal depression is raising money to help other women get the help they need. Carolyn Dicker, of Just for...

Riddells Creek athlete has Tokyo 2020 in sights

Improved starts could be the thing that puts young Riddells Creek sprinter Jessie Andrew in the selection conversation for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Already known...

Calls for interest-free solar scheme

The creation of an interest-free loan scheme to help Macedon Ranges ratepayers switch to solar power could revolutionise the area’s approach to energy use,...

Gap Road: Government urged to ‘get on with it’

Hume councillor Jack Medcraft has called on the state government to get a move on with fixing the intersection of Gap Road and Horne...

Kids gear up for Great Sunbury Gnome Hunt

Children taking part in the Great Sunbury Gnome Hunt next school holidays are being warned … it will be no small task. In its third...

Gisborne’s Anzac garden unveiled

An avenue of indigenous plants is wowing visitors to Gisborne Botanic Gardens. Wurundjeri elder Ron Jones, Macedon Ranges councillor Russell Mowatt and the Friends of...

Hit US TV series sets sights on Hanging Rock

Hanging Rock has been selected as a possible site for the filming of a major US TV series. In what’s being billed as a Hollywood...

Sunbury Road traffic up 12.4 per cent

New traffic counts reveal the number of vehicles using choked and undivided Sunbury Road continues to soar. Reiterating Hume council’s call for state and federal...

Macedon MP urged to join Sunbury parking push

Macedon MP Mary-Anne Thomas has been asked to support attempts to solve Sunbury’s carparking crisis, with research showing close to half the vehicles parked...

Romsey man honoured for helping veterans

A Romsey man who has dedicated decades to the recognition of veterans has been honoured with an Order of Australia medal. But Mike Garnett, who...

Honour for Gisborne heritage advocate

A Gisborne resident who fought to protect the area’s heritage has created a bit of history of her own, being one of several Macedon...

‘Drunk’ Sunbury woman crashes into signs

A Sunbury woman, 42, driving while drunk on Friday night crashed into street signs and gutters. Police were called about an erratic driver who had...

School stretched to retain chaplain

Goonawarra Primary School is seeking help to retain a welfare chaplaincy position. Principal Alan Fairweather said the Sunbury school had continued to pay for the...

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Councillors take the oath

With five new faces entering the chamber, the nine elected Macedon Ranges councillors were sworn in at a ceremony in Gisborne. Hosted on Monday, November...