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‘Flushable wipes’ cause major blockages
A Woodend mother had to watch $600 go ‘down the gurgler’ to learn an expensive lesson about so-called flushable wipes. Rilla Healey had to call…
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Community to roll their sleeves up at Tree Day events
School children and their families will be among the many Sunbury and Macedon Ranges residents digging in at various national Tree Day events this weekend.…
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Wildlife shelter shuts doors after cull permit reinstated
The owners of a Pastoria East wildlife shelter have closed their doors after 30 years because they believe the risk to kangaroos released from…
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Hanging Rock precint a step closer to master plan
Visitors to Hanging Rock could be in for a ‘freebie’ as Macedon Ranges council calls for the public to have their say on shaping a…
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Have your say on Romsey’s town centre makeover
Residents can now find out more about plans – and add to them – for the makeover of Romsey’s town centre. A Romsey Streetscape Project…
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Council reform plan welcomed
Moves designed to improve transparency of local government chief executives’ pay and performance, and increase collaboration between councils and communities, have been welcomed in Sunbury…
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Protection for Gisborne reserve
Residents who have spent years fighting to protect Gisborne’s UL Daly Reserve say the future looks bright after Macedon Ranges council included the land in…
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Anger at Woodend rezoning impasse
A Macedon Ranges residents group has put a stop, for now, to the council’s plan to expand the Woodend town centre into an existing residential…
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Calls for council to record meetings
Calls for Macedon Ranges council to record its monthly meetings appear likely to fall on deaf ears. Council management has deemed the costs involved prohibitive,…
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Sunbury parking woes bad for business
The long-term carpark at Sunbury train station is full to capacity well before the shops open. The early arrivals leave retail workers and shoppers…
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Residents fight for unloved Sunbury fountain
A group of Sunbury residents is urging Hume council to keep a brick water fountain in the town’s Village Green that some people consider an…
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Idea to convert kinder to court waiting space
A Macedon Ranges councillor has suggested a kindergarten could be converted in order to ease waiting space problems at Kyneton Magistrates Court. Cr John Letchford…
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