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$4m upgrade for specialist school

Sunbury and Macedon Ranges Specialist School will receive $4 million in this week’s state budget as part of a $155.8 million package to upgrade...

Drought drives farmers to recycled water

More Macedon Ranges farmers are switching to recycled water as concern about low rainfall continues to mount. Bureau of Meteorology figures show that just 139...

Sunbury commuters face parking sting

Parking officers are planning to come down hard on commuters leaving their cars in short-term bays next to Sunbury train station, with an enforcement...

Group prepares bid for Malmsbury station

A community group long dismayed by long-term maintenance issues at privately leased Malmsbury train station is preparing a business case in the hope of...

Gisborne war memorial wows visitors

Gisborne cemetery’s life-size statue of a World War I soldier continues to attract positive feedback from visitors. The bronze memorial, unveiled last year on the...

Cops and superheroes to unite in Sunbury

Up to 400 primary school-aged children will join the battle of good and evil by dressing up as their favourite superheroes or villains for...

Sunbury on track for $20m pokies spend

New data reveals more than $70 million has been gambled on poker machines in Hume since the start of the financial year. Latest Victorian Commission...

Horsing around at school for a cause

Two Salesian College students arrived to school in style on Friday, striding through the gates on horseback after a 20km charity ride from Gisborne...

Lilly heartened by state swimming performance

A Sunbury Heights Primary School pupil who overcame significant odds to collect a swag of swimming ribbons has already started preparing for next year’s...

Sunbury man faces sexual assault charges

A Sunbury man will face Melbourne Magistrates Court on Friday over a string of offences relating to the sexual assault and robbery of a...

Sunbury stabbing prosecution ‘needs more time’

Police need more time to gather evidence over the alleged stabbing murder of a woman on a suburban Melbourne street, a court has heard. Eva...

Sunbury Community Health marks 40 years

When Sunbury Community Health opened its doors in 1976 it had just four staff, including a community health nurse, social worker, part-time physiotherapist and...

Council paves way for Gisborne Aldi store

Aldi is a step closer to opening a supermarket in Gisborne, with Macedon Ranges council deciding to deal only with the grocery chain for...

V/Line train delays ‘unacceptable’

New V/Line data reveals punctuality is an ongoing problem for passengers on the Bendigo line, with only 79.4 per cent of trains running on...

Benloch residents propose own phone tower

Residents of a bushfire-prone area that was cut off from the outside world during last October’s Cobaw Ranges blaze have floated the idea of...

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Studios open for autumn

In a celebration of autumn, artists from Macedon and Mount Macedon will welcome visitors to their studios throughout a weekend in May, offering an...