Tag: News
Hume council condemn joint venture truck spill
Hume councillors have expressed their disappointment about a spill from a truck transporting soil from the West Gate Tunnel Project (WGTP) to the Hi-Quality...
90-year-old hall’s facelift complete
Works on Lauriston’s 90-year-old community hub have been completed.
The upgrade of Lauriston Hall, backed by a $50,000 state government investment and delivered by...
Push for greater road safety in the Macedon Ranges
Macedon Ranges police want to raise awareness around an escalation in road trauma throughout the region.
Acting Sergeant Dwayne Sharam from the Macedon Ranges...
Labor pledges to help first home buyers
Macedon Ranges residents with hopes to enter the property market will receive a helping hand, under federal Labor election pledge.
Opposition leader Anthony Albanese announced...
Kyneton High School upgrade underway
Kyneton High School’s $10.9 million revamp has begun, delivering new facilities to students in the Macedon Ranges.
On Friday, March 25, Macedon MP Mary-Anne...
The reality of a ‘childcare desert’
Data released by the Mitchell Institute at Victoria University this month highlighted the difficulty many families face in accessing childcare across the country. Families...
Shaking tins and helping kids
If you’re wandering the Macedon Ranges on April 15 and hear the tinkling sound of shaking money tins, you won’t be imagining it.
In...
Macedon schools online session teaching parents how to support their kids
An online parents information session exploring how best to support kids through their emotional and social development is open to Macedon Ranges school communities...
From the archives
Star Weekly looks back through the pages of its predecessors
30 years ago
March 24, 1992
The Australian Counter Disaster College, in Mt Macedon Road, is being...
Big funding boost for Diggers Rest sport
Footballers, netballers and cricketers in Diggers Rest will receive a welcome funding boost this year.
Diggers Rest Bulla Village Cricket Club and Diggers Rest Football...
Versatile work or family ute
The name Isuzu is just about the most visible of any vehicles on Australian roads. No messing around with subtle badging, just the letters...
Shaving heads for leukaemia in Sunbury
When Kim Flower heard her boss’ son had been diagnosed with leukaemia, she was devastated not just as an employee, but as a close...
Have your say on government purchase of Hanging Rock east paddock
The Victorian government has updated its offer to purchase the east paddock of Hanging Rock and Macedon Ranges council are inviting residents to provide...
Community calendar
Want your event listed? Community Calendar is made available free of charge to not-for-profit organisations to keep the public informed of special events and...
My Place: Rebecca Stockfeld
Rebecca Stockfeld is the new director of planning and environment at the Macedon Ranges council. She’s a local, with great knowledge of the ins-and-outs...
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Help save koalas in September
For the rest of September, the Australian Koala Foundation is inviting wildlife lovers from all over the world to ‘Join the Chorus’ of support...
