Funding boost for Harcourt
The Harcourt community are celebrating this week after the announcement that the township will receive a $372,131 boost towards the construction of new unisex...
Waterslide permit refused
A Castlemaine man says he will fight a council decision that would require him to remove a large private waterslide he has already built...
Grab a bargain!
The team at Windarring Recycled Store at 317 Barker Street are thrilled to be back on deck after the COVID-19 hiatus.The crew at...
Crime stats released
More drug related offending has been detected in Mount Alexander Shire area in recent months, but Covid-19 appears to be driving some other forms...
Let there be more light: local gallery reopens
Retired corporate lawyer Mary Edquist only took up art in her early 50s but when she did it produced an explosion of work. Now...
Doco film fest set to fly
Prepare to bunker down, grab a brew and settle back to soak
up this year's Castlemaine Documentary Film Festival offerings from the comfort
of your own...
Fancy Chooks take flight
Forget toilet paper, over the last couple of months the hot new Covid commodity has been chooks!The Mail caught up with Newstead local and Farmers Market...
Maternity service pledge
The Castlemaine Health Board of Management has accepted and endorsed the final Maternity Service Review report and its recommendations to ensure the return of...
Felt Forward
One of Castlemaine's newest imports, talented artist, teacher and author Catherine O'Leary has recently launched her latest book on the art of feltmaking Felt Forward...
New initiative to support our artists
Mount Alexander Shire Council is proud to announce the launch of a community driven project called Get Lost to showcase local creatives and is calling on...
Double delight
Castlemaine Library will build an all new 'Community Meeting Room' and the Castlemaine State Festival's Good Shed Arts Digital Media Program is set to...
Calls for Barker St Crossing
A new pedestrian crossing is planned for Castlemaine's Barker Street after residents lobbied the council complaining that the main thoroughfare's busy intersection with Parker...