Women behind the wheel
Castlemaine Hot Rod Centre's festival for old school cars, motorcycles and other fun stuff with wheels 'Autopia' returns to Autoplex at Etty Street next weekend.
Community hopes to buy General Store
The Guildford General Store closed its doors early last month and the locals want it re-opened, and thriving.
Emergency services busy
Local police and emergency services have been kept busy this week with a number of incidents across the township.
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Easter in the Shire
It was a busy weekend across the Mount Alexander Shire as the community gathered at various events to celebrate Easter. The festivities kicked off with the opening of the 147th Maldon Easter Fair on Thursday evening with the lighting of the tower lights on Mount Tarrengower and the Aussie Scone Bake, followed by the Way of the Cross multi-denomination event on Good Friday in Castlemaine which saw representatives of local churches and community members stop at various ‘stations’ across the town to observe readings.
Easter visitor boost for parkrun
For those who like records, the 169 participants which attended Castlemaine Parkrun on Saturday comprised the highest number of participants in six years!
Grass roots footy at its best
Castlemaine’s highly anticipated and much-loved community event, the MAIN Game, returns to the Camp Reserve on the King’s Birthday long weekend, Sunday June 9.
Castlemaie Fringe announcement
Castlemaie Fringe Festival is excited to announce that its Fantastico! Variety Show will be returning to the Castlemaine Town Hall next Friday evening April 12.
Heritage plates on a high
The value and popularity of heritage number plates has been further enhanced following the amazing results of the Lunar New Year heritage number plates auction,
Perfect weather for Harcourt bowlers
Harcourt Bowling Club were blessed with perfect weather on the fourth and final night of Harcourt Girls on the Green competition last Wednesday March 27.
Fascinating discovery returned to Old Fryerstown School
When John Sikora was asked to clear rubbish from under the verandah of an old Castlemaine house some years ago, he was encouraged to rescue anything he didn't want to throw out.
Castlemaine Primary’s playground project on track
Castlemaine Lion's Club has generously donated $10,000 to assist the Castlemaine Primary School to complete urgent works to upgrade the school's junior playground.
Locals start petition over new Pyrenees speed limit
The petition had already reached 1161 signatures as of Thursday morning.
