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Atmospheric festival transforms town

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Combining delicate melodies with disarmingly insightful vignettes about the human condition, Alana Wilkinson is a smiling assassin. Her songs skewer ex-lovers, ridiculous social norms and the absurd challenges of a suburban upbringing in a merciless, yet strangely affectionate way, leaving audiences feeling like they’re sitting in her living room, chatting about life over a steaming cuppa.

Since its inception in 1974 the Maldon Folk Festival has grown from a small gathering where performers often played for free, and if lucky, received money from donations tossed into a blanket being pa...

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Help Castlemaine Strollers smash polio

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Castlemaine Strollers team members and local Rotarians Kerry Anderson, Edwina Coller, John Clue and Terry Murphy are striving to end polio.

The Castlemaine Strollers team, comprising local Rotarians Kerry Anderson, Edwina Coller, John Clue and Terry Murphy, are clocking up the kilometres during October as they raise funds for Rotary Inter...

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Community Noticeboard

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The next Castlemaine Repair Café is on the last Sunday of the month, October 27, at the Castlemaine Community House, 30 Templeton Street. The café will run from 10am to 1pm. Take along broken househol...

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My Castlemaine with Michael Johnston (Part 1)

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As soon as he'd completed high school in Benalla, Michael headed straight to the big smoke to study. After a few years he deferred his studies, working different jobs for awhile before returning to st...

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CDNA Twilight Comp continues

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Castlemaine District Netball Association members contested round three of the Twilight Comp last Friday evening. Results were as follows: 11 Under Kyneton 43 def The Maggies 2 Crazy Creekers 22 def C...

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Points lost despite moderate conditions

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Una Mills Cup winners (L-R) Richard Ruddick, Darren Trevena and James Dolphin.

Members of the Castlemaine Rifle Club competed for the 'Una Mills Cups' on Saturday. The original cup was presented by her family in 2010 in memory of Una who was a tireless worker for the club and al...

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Photographic talent on show

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Mount Alexander Photographic Society president Harley Parker accepts the award from judge Michael Rayner.

The Mount Alexander Photographic Society (formerly Castlemaine Camera Club) hosted a Central Victorian Interclub Photographic Competition at the Chewton last Saturday October 19. The event is called a...

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Aspects of Love

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I’ve been reading the transcript of some talks Father Laurence Freeman gave at a retreat in Montreal, Canada in 1996. Father Laurence is the director of the World Community for Christian Meditation, a...

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CDTA junior tennis makes a great start

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The Castlemaine District Tennis Association Junior Tennis program swung into action on October 12. Player numbers are up in the Saturday morning comp. In A Grade there is one Maldon team and three Cas...

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Harcourt gear up for Pennant start

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For the first round of Weekend Pennant beginning tomorrow, Saturday October 26, Harcourt Bowling Club have entered teams in Divisions 2 and 4 and two sides in Division 6. The teams will be as follows:...

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Spotlight on student talent

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A new exhibition opened at the Central Goldfields Art Gallery in Maryborough on Friday which showcases the talent of local arts students. Emergent showcases the diverse artwork of VCE students from Hi...

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On the Mount

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There was a good turnout of players at the Mount Alexander Golf Club last Tuesday and Rose Brisbane shone out in the ladies section winning with 31 nett. Annette Botten won the putting with 11. Charle...

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