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Marvellous market celebrated

Nearly 160 years ago council surveyor, talented architect and engineer William Downe sat at his desk and designed the Castlemaine Market Building, a structure now considered...

Friends rally behind CHIRP

Locals turned out in force to show support for embattled Castlemaine Community Health Service (CHIRP) at an emergency meeting last Monday night. See...

Looking fine for the fair …

Maldon's Mark Blythe is a man on a mission.Together with Maldon Events, that mission is to oversee the smooth running of this weekend's 12th...

Land of milk and honey goes solar

Two months after installing a solar operating system for their commercial dairy farm, Yandoit's Robert and Belinda Morrison are giving their new 18.5 kilowatt...

Revisiting the Blade’s edge: Castlemaine EV conversions

A Castlemaine man hopes to start a new business converting standard fuel run cars into electric vehicles - like Castlemaine's former Blade business did...

Only if it’s shifted

Maldon Vintage Machinery and Museum would be the best place for Thompson's historic dive bell to be displayed - if the council proceeds with...

A call for action

Community members and climate change campaigners gathered on the steps of the Castlemaine Market Building on Tuesday February 4 in a show of solitary for those...

Emergency meeting called

Local action group 'Friends of Castlemaine Community Health' are holding an emergency meeting regarding CHIRP's future next Monday February 10 and urge community members...

New kinder for Harcourt

The first day of kinder proved an extra exciting one for the children of Harcourt Pre School with the announcement that Harcourt willhave a...

Chance to get into gardening

You don't need to have a garden to get into gardening as a new course that's soon to start at Castlemaine Community House proves.Leading...

AM for Rae

Castlemaine resident Rae Kingsbury was honoured as a Member of the Order of Australia in the 2020 Australia Day Awards.  Her AM honour is for significant...

Lions lend a hand

The Castlemaine Lions Club has made a generous donation to Castlemaine Health. See the Mail for more.

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