Golden Ticket returns!

Castlemaine Mail advertising manager Lynda Brew and advertising representative Kerrie Gleeson encourage you to pick up your golden ticket to win!

The Castlemaine Mail is thrilled to launch our annual Golden Ticket buy local promotion today, April 11!

Make sure you grab your entry ticket free with today’s edition of the Mail and start collecting your weekly puzzle pieces to win!

Collect all eight puzzle pieces over the eight weeks of the promotion to be in the running to share in $4000 in prize money from us to spend at our 17 fantastic supporting local businesses.

First prize is a $2000 voucher to spend at the businesses of your choice, second prize is $1000, and third and fourth prize winners will receive $500 each.

Our Golden Ticket partners include: JM Leech Jewellers, Beehave, Castlemaine Fitness Centre, Betta Electrical Castlemaine, Cliffords Quality Cuts, Stevens Mensland, Petstock Castlemaine, Hot ‘n’ Crusty Country Bakery, Extremity, Greenaway Bins, Castlemaine IGA, Maldon Bakery, Handpicked Ethical Floristry, The Moon Balinese Massage and Spa, Lyal Eales Store Castlemaine, Top End Technology and Wesley Hill Bakery (Grist).

Castlemaine Mail manager Lynda Brew said the paper is proud to have been the voice of the local community and to have promoted local businesses since 1854.

“Formerly the Mount Alexander Mail, our publication has been a trusted source of local news since the gold rush, and we look forward to continuing to serve the community for many years to come,” she said.

Completed entries are due by Tuesday June 17 at 4pm to our office at 13 Hargraves Street or PO Box 227, Castlemaine.

Our lucky ‘Golden Ticket’ winners will be drawn on Wednesday June 18. Be sure to tune in and catch the live stream draw on our Castlemaine Mail Facebook page.

For more details on how the competition works see page 9 of today’s paper.

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Have your say on speed limit

The speed limit on a section of Harmony Way at Harcourt is under review.

Mount Alexander Shire Council is inviting residents to have their say on a proposed speed limit reduction along a section of Harmony Way in Harcourt. The proposal aims to improve road safety and inclu...

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Bendigo Foodshare welcomes support

A team from DON KR Castlemaine enjoyed a Cooking for Change session recently. They are pictured with ‘Benny’ the food van DON proudly supports which bears the company logo.

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Powercor selects site for Maldon battery

The site is located just opposite the Maldon hospital.

Powercor has selected a site for the new Maldon community battery, designed to support more solar exports, maintain power reliability and reduce carbon emissions. The battery will be installed in Adai...

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Anzac Day thoughts

Richard Cantwell, Gisborne As we approach the sacred Anzac Day, honouring those who fought and died for our freedom and listen to the stories from the service people, I think we should consider how we...

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Easter fun at Harcourt Valley

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Most road deaths happen close to home

New research reveals that most deaths on regional Victorian roads over the past five years involved local residents, showing that the unexpected can happen even on the most familiar roads. Transport A...

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Let’s take a look back at Mostyn Street Castlemaine

September 24 1861 This photograph has a view to the ENE along early Mostyn Street and was taken by Castlemaine photographer John Wheeler. The north east corner of Mostyn and Frederick Street is locate...

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Fix it now!

Tim Farmer, Sandon On or about February 12 I had a fall in Mostyn Street and Bendigo Bank corner after I lost my footing on the badly damaged footpath there. I contacted the shire and I was told that ...

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Full steam ahead into the future

Bendigo West MP Maree Edwards Last week our community came together to celebrate a truly remarkable milestone: 20 years since the official reopening of the Victorian Goldfields Railway between Castlem...

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Take time to reflect

When it comes to the Sabbath day, many people struggle. How exactly should we observe it, if even observe it at all? But comprehending about the Sabbath is quite easy really, when we understand that G...

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