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Local emergency services were called to a car accident and subsequent fire in Muckleford-Castlemaine Road on Sunday evening.

Mount Alexander Shire Council in partnership with the Castlemaine Mail is inviting the community to celebrate local agriculture and farming by getting involved in a photo competition.

Mount Alexander Shire Council is calling on community members to get involved in the Crochet Flower Project to support 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Based Violence.

The three and four-year-old children from Castlemaine Childcare Centre Kindergarten have been participating in a road safety inquiry project, funded and supported by the Traffic Accident Commission and the Starting Out Safely program, to learn how to be more road safe, as well as finding ways that our community can be more road safe for children.

All the photos from the 2024 Castlemaine Show

The Mount Alexander Shire community got into the spirit of Halloween with dozens of home owners decorating their properties for the occasion and welcoming Trick or Treaters.

One of regular contributors was recently approached by Luda Kedova an art historian in Ballarat...

The Castlemaine & District Agricultural Society Inc is thrilled to celebrate its 170th anniversary show this weekend, November 1 and 2. 

The Homeshare Australia and New Zealand board visited Dhelkaya Health on October 18 to speak to representatives behind the innovative local Homeshare initiative.

Continuation of council's aged care services, the establishment of an affordable housing trust, 100 per cent renewable energy for all council-managed buildings and streetlights and capping the Castlemaine landfill site are some of the highlights in this year's Mount Alexander Shire Council Annual Report.

The Castlemaine Historical Society is planning a major purchase for major benefits.

Castlemaine Library closed unexpectedly on Monday after a fire alarm was triggered.