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My Maldon with Stephen Howard

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Hi Stephen, you grew up in North London, didn't you? Can you tell us a little about what that was like?
I come from Shoreditch - people call it 'the sound of Bow Bells' it's very Cockney. I worked wit...

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Uniting Church celebrates

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Retired minister Rev Adrian Pegler and congregational chairperson, Peter Cole, cut the cake to mark the Uniting Church’s birthday. Photo: Jim Foley.

The temperature might have been in single figures last Sunday but the warmth was flowing around the morning tea table at Castlemaine Uniting Church. 
A cake was being cut to celebrate the 46th bi...

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Council approves camping on private property without a permit

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Jade Jungwirth
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Mount Alexander Shire councillors unanimously voted for amendments to Local Law 13 to allow camping on private property at Tuesday's meeting of council. 
The new law will allow one tiny house on wheel...

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CDNA squad shine at championships

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Squad Coach Vanessa Saunders is proudly pictured with CDNA 17 & Under squad team members Jack Davidge (Captain), Caleb Mountford (Vice Captain), Xavier Guzzardi, Liam Fletcher, Nick Lord, Ollie Ryan, Elijah Davies, Raph Guest and Gabe Guest.

The Castlemaine District Netball Association’s (CDNA) 17 & Under Boys Squad headed down to the Association Championships Finals in Parkville last Sunday June 18.
The local boys played four games s...

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Push to preserve historic Wattle Gully Gold Mine

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Lisa Dennis
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This photograph kindly supplied to us of workers at the Wattle Gully site is believed to be circa 1970s.

There has been an outpouring of community concern since our story on the desecration occurring at the historic Wattle Gully Gold Mine at Chewton late last month. 
As we reported buildings and off...

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The future of native forest logging

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Conservation campaigners are concerned that the state government announcement to end native timber harvesting may have significant limitations for large areas of the state.

After decades of tireless campaigning conservation groups across the state let out a sigh of relief when the state government announced the end of native timber harvesting last month. 
However, r...

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Shire approves $48.5M budget

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Mount Alexander Shire Councillors have approved the $48.50 million budget for 2023/2024 and despite some debate at last month's meeting, residential rates will increase by 3.5 per cent. 
The coun...

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A big test for the Dons

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A fast paced game for the under 15s with a score that did not reflect how close the game was- with a number of contested passes.

This weekend the club hosted Carisbrook. This was always going to be a big test for our teams coming up a strong side in the contest. The club had some great achievements to celebrate with Harry Cosse...

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Join the D-Tour silent disco experience!

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Community members are invited to register for one of two D-Tour Silent Disco experiences taking place in Castlemaine this Saturday June 24.
You'll dance, you'll sweat, you'll laugh, and we can't guara...

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Local schools win sustainability awards

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L-R: Castlemaine Steiner School and Kindergarten teacher Katherine Freeman with students, Hazel, Frida, Sonny, Tavish, Benji and staff member Liz Patterson at the awards last week.

Two local schools have been recognised at the ResourceSmart Schools Award held in Melbourne last week for their amazing sustainability work. Chewton Primary School took out the title of Curriculum Lea...

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Check out the council’s new website

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Mount Alexander Shire Council has launched a new website focused on user-experience, making it easier for the community to access essential services. 
Some of the new features include home page a...

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Historic artefacts returned ‘home’

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The Froomes family present the silver jug and salver to Cr Bill Maltby.

Mount Alexander Shire Council was honoured to recently be presented with an historic silver jug and salver (tray) from the Froomes family. 
The artefacts were originally gifted to William Froomes...

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