Digging into the science behind mining
Last Thursday a group of Castlemaine Secondary College students visited Fosterville Gold Mine for a careers field trip, learning all about mine operations and...
From our archives – the Mail looks back at 20 years of local news
The Castlemaine Mail looks back at pages from our archives in this monthly column.
Castlemaine Gift returns to the Camp Reserve this Sunday
Elite runners from across the state and beyond will descend on Castlemaine's Camp Reserve for the annual Castlemaine Gift this Sunday February 26.Castlemaine Athletics...
Camp Reserve redevelopment back on the agenda
There were unusually high attendance numbers at last Tuesday's meeting of Mount Alexander Shire Council, with public question time extended to allow residents a...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...