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The last concert in this year’s Daylesford Christ Church concert series will be held on Saturday November 30 at 2.30pm - and it promises to be memorable.

Ballarat's Centre for Rare Arts and Forgotten Trades is getting set to host an open day this weekend to celebrate its second anniversary.

More than 390 works were exhibited and a record 58 of them sold at the 2024 Daylesford Rotary Art Show held over the recent Cup Day long weekend.

Hepburn Shire Council has formally welcomed its new councillors as they were sworn in earlier this afternoon.

The CFA has announced that the Fire Danger Period (FDP) will come into effect from 1am on Monday, November 18 for Ararat Rural City Council and Pyrenees Shire Council in the west region.

APPLICATIONS are open for the second round of the State Government’s Green Links grants program which aims to enhance local waterways.

The Hepburn Shire Council is encouraging residents to discover new ways to reduce, reuse and recycle during National Recycling Week - this week.

The CFA is hosting a Bushfire Planning Workshop for the Trentham and Lyonville region next week.

Asthma deaths in Victoria have dropped by seven per cent over the last year, Australian Bureau of Statistics data has revealed.

Set to start next Monday, a new Victorian government scheme is designed to help victims of crime obtain financial assistance outside of court.

Caravan parks provide accommodation for visitors and permanent residents alike. However, the high risk of injury and fatality with caravan fires and fires at caravan parks makes fire safety education and training crucial for park operators - particularly those in high-tourism areas like Daylesford.

The Victorian Government is calling on startups to help solve farm safety and productivity challenges as part of a new program that aims to harness innovation and the technological knowledge of Victoria’s startup sector.

In September this year, five Daylesford artists travelled to outback NSW to paint and create new art inspired by the fauna, flora and unique landscape and spiritual connections to country and history that is Lake Mungo.

Preparation is under way in the Hepburn Shire for the upcoming fire season and Fire Danger Period (FDP).

The state government is calling for nominations for outstanding Aboriginal Victorians to be recognised on the Aboriginal Honour Roll.

The Mount Players final show for 2024, A Bunch of Amateurs, opened on Friday, November 1 but there’s still time to secure your tickets as it runs until Sunday, November 17.

Australian women can now access treatment for uncomplicated urinary tract infections at a community pharmacy, without a prescription.

Northern Victoria Region MP Wendy Lovell is concerned that only four roads in the Macedon state electorate are on a state government list for maintenance and resurfacing in the 2024-25 maintenance program.

There are a lot of big things going on. The biggest is the memorial service on Tuesday for the tragic incident last November which changed the history of Daylesford.  

Although we have a family of magpies at TL HQ,  I have never been attacked, that is until a recent trip to Melbourne.

Home gardeners may not realise that three potatoes, brushed, but not washed, that are a nice shape, about the same size and texture and look good enough to eat could be good enough to enter in the Daylesford Show on  November 23 with entries closing on Sunday, November 17.

As owner and managing director of Marshmallow, Creswick’s contemporary and innovative hair salon, Casey Lenaghan will affirm the importance of continuing to deliver products that are a point of difference from other salons in the Central Highlands region.

We’re “guinea pigs” today, joining the Great Dividing Trail Association on a walk led by Professor Barry Golding. It’s a kind of test run for a walk forming part of a fairly spesh little public tour series that Prof Golding  will lead in early December. More on that later.

Shelley Simpson is the new manager at Hepburn House and after just five weeks is already  loving her place in the community.