Keep It Local winners
Congratulations to the five winners in our Keep It Local promotion for 2020 - Ann Brereton, R. Taylor, Rod Hadfield, Deborah Coulthard and Bev...
Shot in the arm for arts bodies
Three of Castlemaine 's key arts institutions have received a funding injection from the state government as part of efforts to help the creative...
Miller tells Max’s tale
Castlemaine writer Alex Miller says the central character of his newly released non-fiction book has been with him right from his earliest beginnings as...
Reopening of maternity service a step closer
Maternity services at Castlemaine Health are one step closer to re-opening with the framework for the new model of care on track to be...
Local candidates revealed
Nominations for the upcoming local government elections closed on Tuesday this week and the candidates are in. Mount Alexander Shire has 18 candidates standing...
Live music lifeline
Three local live music venues are among 106 venues across the state that will share in $9 million in survival grants as part of the...
Tribute a labour of love for Des
When well known Castlemaine local Des Brady was laid to rest this week after sustaining a fatal aneurysm, he was surrounded by many of...
Council paves way for aged care home
Castlemaine looks set to get a new 93-bed aged care facility following a decision at this week's Mount Alexander Shire Council Meeting.At Tuesday night's...
Supermarket plan revisited
One of the first jobs of the new look Mount Alexander Shire Council will be to consider an amended planning permit application for Castlemaine's...
Charging ahead: EV charge site tender announced
At least one new electric vehicle charge station will be
installed in either Castlemaine or Harcourt in coming months under a rollout of
up to 24...
Covid impacts alcohol, drug use
Two in every five Australians surveyed have been drinking more alcohol during lockdown, a new global drug survey co-led by a Castlemaine-based researcher has...
Not so tiny issue…
Castlemaine's Rainer Cook Tonkin rates the involvement of friends as one of the best things about building his own tiny house. But the 19-year-old...
