Graffiti quickly removed

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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Dynamic new leadership team for CSC

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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GALLERY: Australia Day – Survival Day

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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Occupants escape blaze

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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Record summer attendance at Parkrun

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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Big week of bowls at Castlemaine

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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Time for change

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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Where is our Aussie pride?

Brian Fitzgerald, Bradford
Last Sunday I joined mostly older people attending the Australia Day event at Victory Park in Castlemaine. The event began with a lengthy reminder of whose land we are on. U...

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Who can we trust?

Do you find that it’s becoming harder to trust people? Perhaps its harder than ever before - we have access now to so many different opinions its really hard to figure out who is closer to being right...

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Mechanics Lane music program

Photo: Facebook

The next instalment of the Mechanics Lane summer program on Friday February 7 will feature Seal Prince and the Roof Rats, an emerging folk/rock band from the Geelong region.
Their songs explore themes...

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On the Mount

Robyn Scoles won the ladies stroke event at the Mount Alexander Golf Club on Tuesday with 33.
Runner-up was Liz Denniston and Rose Brisbane won the putting. George Potts scoring 29 nett won the men's...

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Thomas excels at home and away

Castlemaine golfers Thomas and Norm Bellis enjoyed a round at Kyneton Golf Club last week. Thomas then backed up his performance at Castlemaine.

Castlemaine's Bellis family proved the star attraction at the Kyneton Golf Club on a windy Wednesday, with eight-year-old Thomas carding a very credible 32 points off a 35 handicap. Dad Norm (9) had 3...

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