Crime stats released
More drug related offending has been detected in Mount Alexander Shire area in recent months, but Covid-19 appears to be
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Let there be more light: local gallery reopens
Retired corporate lawyer Mary Edquist only took up art in her early 50s but when she did it produced an
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Doco film fest set to fly
Prepare to bunker down, grab a brew and settle back to soak up this year’s Castlemaine Documentary Film Festival offerings
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Fancy Chooks take flight
Forget toilet paper, over the last couple of months the hot new Covid commodity has been chooks!The Mail caught up with Newstead
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Maternity service pledge
The Castlemaine Health Board of Management has accepted and endorsed the final Maternity Service Review report and its recommendations to
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Felt Forward
One of Castlemaine’s newest imports, talented artist, teacher and author Catherine O’Leary has recently launched her latest book on the
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New initiative to support our artists
Mount Alexander Shire Council is proud to announce the launch of a community driven project called Get Lost to showcase local creatives
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Double delight
Castlemaine Library will build an all new ‘Community Meeting Room’ and the Castlemaine State Festival’s Good Shed Arts Digital Media
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Calls for Barker St Crossing
A new pedestrian crossing is planned for Castlemaine’s Barker Street after residents lobbied the council complaining that the main thoroughfare’s
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Tickled Pink!
Touched by the plight of customers and friends impacted by breast cancer, Castlemaine hairdresser Gabrielle Bertoni-Marshall of Mostyn Street salon
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