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Friends of the Box-Ironbark Forests Marie Jones, Alex Panelli, Jeremy Holland, and Bronwyn Silver are excited to celebrate 25 years of FOBIF at the Newstead Arts Hub with an exciting exhibition.

Friends of the Box-Ironbark Forests celebrate 25 years of advocacy

Friends of the Box-Ironbark Forests (FOBIF) was formed in 1998 by people in the Mount Alexander Region to work towards the protection of the...
Fringe Festival board and working group members celebrate the launch of the 2023 program on Sunday. Photo: Lisa Dennis.

Castlemaine Fringe launches 2023 festival program

The Castlemaine Fringe Festival's 2023 program was launched with a special community celebration at the Castlemaine Botanical Gardens Tearooms on Sunday night.The evening featured...
With increasing development, the residents of Barker and Bagshaw Streets are subjected to large amounts of dust and traffic.

Harcourt residents call for action on unsealed roads

Residents of Barker and Bagshaw Streets in Harcourt are urging Mount Alexander Shire Council to seal the unmade roads in order to reduce the...
Patricia Cridge from Sprout Bakery has been providing free soup to people needing food and companionship every week for the last two years..

Small businesses performing big acts of kindness

The pandemic brought disease, medical masks, fear and uncertainty into our small regional towns. It brought out the best and the worst in people...

Duck casualties continue to soar

Dead, sick and injured ducks and birdlife continued to be pulled from the Bells Swamp Conservation Reserve just outside Maldon this week.Up to 150...

Driver injured in Johnstone Street crash

Castlemaine SES, CFA and police responded to a two car collision in Johnstone Street Castlemaine on Monday afternoon.Leading Senior Constable Bannon of the Castlemaine...

Castlemaine climate rally

On March 3 school students and community members will be gathering in Victory Park for a climate rally and march as part of a...
Historian Ken James is pictured with his latest book on Ravenswood South.

New book on Ravenswood South offers fascinating insights into our past

Melbourne based local historian Ken James has been quietly working away behind the scenes on another local history offering this time on Ravenswood South.Ken's...

Woolworths supermarket build to start soon

Construction on Castlemaine's new Woolworths supermarket is scheduled to begin around Easter 2023.

Proposed changes to local laws for tiny homes

With the housing crisis still biting hard, residents are being encouraged to have their say.

RIP Corro Corolla

The much-loved Lot 19 Arts Space car Corro Corolla was stolen from its home in Castlemaine sometime last week and has since been declared...
Castlemaine artist Diane Thompson with a fish mask used in the 'Walking the Fish' street parade in the 1992 Fringe Festival.

Community prepares to celebrate 30 years of Fringe

In 1992 a group of Castlemaine creatives came together to plan for a new event showcasing the local arts community.Designed to complement the Castlemaine...

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