Fanny to be honoured
Renowned goldfields pioneer and Australia's first known female voter Fanny Finch will be immortalised with the installation of a permanent memorial on her grave...
Campaign winds up
The 16 Days of Activism against Gender Based Violence events in Mount Alexander Shire concluded last Tuesday December 10. One of the main activities was...
Bus to provide ‘missing link’
Mount Alexander residents will have better access to health, recreational and educational services thanks to a new community bus service supported by the state...
Food and funds
Bendigo Bank Castlemaine and Mount Alexander Community Enterprise (MtACE) handed over food collected for The Salvation Army Christmas Appeal and a generous donation. See...
Lions lend their support
The Castlemaine Lions Club has presented Castlemaine Health with a new wheelchair to be utilised at its aged care facility Ellery House. Catch last...
RSL gift
The Castlemaine Returned Services League (RSL) has been presented with a very special art work by renowned local artist Geoff Hocking thanks to a...
Access and inclusion
Castlemaine Community House (CCH) will soon benefit from improved universal access thanks to the state government.Bendigo West MP Maree Edwards MP announced on Monday...
A love of land and life
Over the past 50 years well known Castlemaine artist Brian Nunan has travelled the Australian outback on and off for months at a time.The...
Tackling the … Shitbox Rally
How far can you go in a car worth under $1000?Quite a distance if seems - as one local family seems about to prove.Elphinstone...
Don’t seal our street: locals petition council
While railing against unsealed rural roads is a common complaint in many regional areas, plenty of residents in Castlemaine's unsealed Butterworth Street 'hood have...
Recognition award for Uncle Rick
Local aboriginal elder Uncle Rick Nelson has received an aboriginal recognition award, presented at the NAIDOC Aboriginal Community Awards last Friday.The awards night, ran...
Let’s have a cuppa
This week in the 'Let's have a cuppa' section the Castlemaine Mail caught up with 95-year-old Dot Henshall from Campbells Creek. Dot is one...