Container fire at MAAW

CFA units attended the Mount Alexander Animal Welfare Shelter (MAAW) on Langslow Street, Castlemaine on Monday to assist with a shipping container fire. 
Fortunately, no animals or people were ha...

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Golfers raise funds for cancer research

Nigel Wilson and Jeremy Bottomley

Two intrepid golfers from Castlemaine Golf Club played four consecutive rounds of golf – that’s 72 holes – in one day on Sunday November 30 to raise vital funds for the Cancer Council.
The Longest Day...

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Hannah fondly remembered

Castlemaine District Netball Association held the last round of Twilight competition last Friday evening December 5 and what a round it was.
Going into this round the association had four Open teams ...

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Help keep community pantries stocked

The Mount Alexander Community Pantry Network is calling for donations to help ensure local pantries are stocked over the holidays, so everyone has access to the essentials they need.
The network, form...

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SWIMMA makes a splash

A crowd packed the Castlemaine Senior Citizens Centre on Monday evening for the first public meeting of the SWIMMA (Swim Mount Alexander).
The new group has been formed to begin the community conversa...

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Joe Goddard’s DJ set at the Theatre Royal

Alongside his work with Hot Chip, The 2 Bears, and HARD FEELINGS, Joe Goddard keeps busy as a solo artist, songwriter, producer, DJ, remixer, and co-founder of the Greco-Roman record label.
Across al...

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How Forest Creek taught us to speak up

Carolyn Crowther (Chewton Chat)
From a goldfields rally in 1851 to saving the local pool, Chewton keeps using the same civic muscle.
When Chewton’s pool faced closure in 2011, few people at the emerge...

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SES members honoured for decades of service

Members of the Castlemaine State Emergency Service (SES) Unit were formally recognised on Monday evening for their exceptional commitment and years of dedicated service to the Mount Alexander communit...

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SWIMMA makes a splash

SWIMMA meeting participants are pictured outside the former Castlemaine Fitness Centre which housed the shire's only year-round pool facility.
SWIMMA meeting participants are pictured outside the former Castlemaine Fitness Centre which housed the shire's only year-round pool facility.

A big crowd packed the Castlemaine Senior Citizens Centre on Monday evening for the first public meeting of the SWIMMA (Swim Mount Alexander).The new group has been formed to begin the community conve...

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Out of the box and into the melting pot

Geoff Crosby, the architect responsible for The Paddock, eco village in Castlemaine was recently honoured with the 2025 Architecture and Design National Sustainability Awards in the housing category.&...

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A wake up call

Bill Bayliss, Castlemaine
New South Wales bushfires should be a wake-up call to 'all' Victorians. 
We have been let down badly by our state governments (s). I refer to the reduction of fuel loads...

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Mostyn Street Wombat pedestrian crossing

David Williamson, Castlemaine
Under the heading of 'Crossing creates division' on page 8 in this week’s edition of the Midland Express concerns have been raised that despite the recent upgrade to the ...

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Getting ready to take flight

Whilst out and about capturing the weekend's sport and events Mail photographer Max Lesser stumbled across Castlemaine's Tim Preston doing some practise with his paraglider at the Wesley Hill Recreati...

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