The Old Castlemaine SchoolBoys Association is gearing up for their 107th annual reunion on Saturday October 12. Those who attended the school in the Mount Alexander Shire - either the primary school o...

Students from Campbells Creek and Winters Flat Primary Schools involved in the inspiring 2024 Passions and Pathways Program gathered at the Phee Broadway Theatre Foyer for a special expo event last We...

The Harcourt-Mt Alexander silk farm is back on the agenda in Corowa NSW! Most of us have little or no knowledge of the existence or meaning of the abandoned silk farm on Mt Alexander. Unless of course...

How can parkrun be a free, weekly event? A big part of the answer to that lies with the volunteers, or 'vollies'. At the 430th Castlemaine parkrun on September 21, three particular vollies earned the...

A free and local service is supporting community members to get ready for storms, floods, fires and other emergencies. The program means volunteers from the Mount Alexander Shire Disability Action Gro...

The women at Tarrengower Prison contribute about 180 hours per month supporting the local community through community lunches and work with local Country Fire Authority stations. Bill Chapman coordina...

The Mount Alexander Shire Seniors Festival is taking over the month of October. The theme this year is ‘Explore. Engage. Evolve’. It encourages older Victorians to stay curious and connected by explor...

Tuesday's nine-hole competition at Mount Alexander Golf Club saw Robyn Scoles win the ladies section with 33-1/2 nett. Runner-up was Myrl Hauser and Annette Botten with 13 won the putting. Alan Isaac...

The bi-annual Maldon/Castlemaine Croquet Challenge took place at the picturesque Maldon Croquet Club on September 3 in very pleasant weather conditions. This is always a very sociable and competitive...

Mount Alexander based group, Really Local, is holding ward-based events for all three contested wards in the upcoming Mount Alexander Shire Council elections. There is also a Meet the Candidates Event...

Last week Goldfields Medical Group in Castlemaine became the first Australian pilot site for a new national 'Kindness Works Here' initiative designed to build and celebrate cultures of kindness in hea...