Lantern Festival to light up Footscray
Footscray will shine brightly in a celebration of Vietnamese settlement in Australia when the Lantern Festival lights up Leeds Street from noon-7pm on September...
My place: Suzanne McDonnell
What’s your connection to the Macedon Ranges?
I live near Malmsbury.
How long have you lived in the region?
Nearly 25 years. We moved here from St...
Hume and Macedon Ranges among cruelty hotspots
Hume and the Macedon Ranges are counted among the state’s animal cruelty hotspots, a recent report from RSPCA Victoria reveals.
Of the 11,840 cruelty reports...
High cost for Hume graffiti
Could naming and shaming vandals be the solution to curb graffiti in Hume?
The council spent more than $200,000 in the past financial year cleaning...
All the fun of the film festival
Emerging young producers and directors hit the red carpet this week at Sunbury College’s inaugural film festival.
College students, as well as others from Diggers...
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...
Gisborne blokes take on selfie queens
Two Gisborne blokes are hoping to take on Kim Kardashian in a battle of the back-lit mobile phone cases developed for selfie-lovers.
Former police officer...
MPA to drive Jacksons Hill masterplan
Sunbury residents have backed a state government decision to appoint the Municipal Planning Authority to drive the redevelopment of Jacksons Hill’s historic former mental...
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...
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...
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Nuts support a healthy lifestyle in older Australians
Regular consumption of nuts is associated with maintaining a healthy lifespan, new research from a Monash University-led team has found.
Published in the Journal...
