Unveiling the truth of Central Victoria’s past
US Ambassador Caroline Kennedy, Consul General Kathleen Lively, and filmmaker, historian, and journalist Santilla Chingaipe, were in Bendigo on Monday to unveil a plaque...
Festival director announces departure
Castlemaine State Festival (CSF) director Glyn Roberts has announced that the 2023 iteration of the premiere arts event will be his last in the...
A permanent place for Safe Space
Castlemaine's Safe Space (CSS) is going from strength to strength, helping over 130 individuals since it first opened its doors last July, and with...
“So disappointing”: Big swing stolen from popular playground
Youngsters from across the region were left disappointed last week after the basket swing was stolen from the Harcourt Play Space.
HALT heads to parliament house
Castlemaine grass-roots suicide prevention charity HALT (Hope Assistance Local Tradies) had a fantastic morning at Parliament House last Wednesday February 22 delivering a HALT...
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...
