Elphinstone’s Mick Kiraly and Castlemaine’s Steve Hopkins are having a top season on the speedway circuit.
Local speedway racers and family members, Stephen Hopkins and Mick Kiraly, have had a huge few months on the track recently claiming first and second place honours at the 2025 South Australian AMC...
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Phillip Walker grew up in the northern suburbs of Melbourne. He left school and moved out of home at 16, heading off to work in a factory that produced clay sewage pipes in Thomastown.
“The pipes came...
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On the eve of Australia Day, a group of activists vandalised the Major Mitchell monument at the Expedition Pass Reservoir at Chewton.
Red paint was poured over the plaque, and the messages ‘The colony...
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Harcourt North tennis star Willow Kelly has had an exciting few weeks on the court claiming a state championship and enjoying a hit of tennis with two of her idols.
The 14-year-old is a state champion...
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The Forest Street rail bridge, where Mount Alexander Shire Council recently installed CCTV cameras, was once again the target of graffiti late last week.
The brickwork under the bridge was emblazoned ...
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Front (L- R): Kristelle Sherwood, Judith McLean, Sarah Ward, Caitlin O’Halloran, and Sharon Rossiter. Back (L-R): Sophie Tanner, Chris Hewitt, Justin Hird, Martin Mielimaka and Alex Burgess-Norris.
Castlemaine Secondary College (CSC) is thrilled to announce its new leadership team, a group of dedicated educators poised to lead the school into an exciting era of growth and innovation. Combined wi...
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Along with the presentation of the Australia Day Awards, eight people took the pledge to become Australian citizens. Photo: Jade Jungwirth.
The Mount Alexander Shire Council 2025 Australia Day Survival Day event in Castlemaine on Sunday, January 26, recognised the hard work and community commitment of three residents and one event that po...
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Emergency services quickly got a Castlemaine house fire under control just after midnight on Tuesday.
Emergency services were called to a house fire at Goldsmith Crescent just after midnight on Tuesday, January 28.
Brigades from Castlemaine, Campbells Creek and Harcourt attended, assisted by the Golde...
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Run Director Di Cox is pictured with Alicia Beauchamp (50), Kate Taylor (25) Blake Dimopoulos (10), Katie Cunningham (150) and Hannah Graham (10).
In Castlemaine and around Australia, people are placing parkrun on their 2025 ‘must do’ list. As positive messages about the benefits of parkrun spread, participants in every parkrun grow. Australia n...
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Tricia O’Shea and Alicia Beauchamp battled out an epic final. With Alicia eventually coming out on top.
Castlemaine Bowling Club achieved a great result in Weekend Pennant last Saturday January 25 with all three divisions recording a win.
The week also saw the club's men's and ladies champs decided with...
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Luke Keppich-Arnold, Castlemaine
Andrew Leathlean (Opinions, Mail, January 24, 2025) writes that “constant lecturing by elites about Australia Day is tiresome and counterproductive to a vision of a un...
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