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The Macedon Ranges Shire Council's Gambling Harm Minimisation Policy is in limbo after a notion of rescission was lodged at its August meeting held last week.

The Macedon Ranges Shire Council has endorsed a report containing recommendations for the future management of unsealed roads within its township boundaries.

Police detected 155 offences during an ongoing road safety operation across Victoria’s west in August.

Two returning Macedon Ranges Shire Council grant programs – and a new climate action-focused grant program – have opened with eligible community groups invited to apply throughout September.

Ballarat Crime Investigation Unit detectives are investigating a burglary in Wendouree where a mobility scooter and wheelchair were stolen last month.

The impact of cold weather, particularly when combined with wet and windy conditions, can have severe impacts on sheep.

The National Rural Health Alliance has welcomed news that the planned shutdown of the major telecommunications carriers’ 3G networks has now been delayed until October.

Local opera lovers are already anticipating the upcoming production of Flotow's masterpiece Martha which is being staged by Lyster Opera in the Creswick Town Hall in November.

The Victorian Government has announced that it's backing regional farmers and food and beverage businesses to increase their exports and explore new markets by partnering with the Australian Government.

There is still time to grab a ticket to the Wimmera Biodiversity seminar that is back for its 27th edition with the theme 'Pests, Partnerships and People Power'.

In the last issue I began what I thought was a brief summary of pruning a couple of favourite deciduous, backyard fruit trees that would fill my page nicely. But after some judicious word pruning and deciding that as apples and pears needed the same treatment as do peaches and nectarines, I think we need some more words on pruning. So, here we go again.  

The Art Gallery of Ballarat is set to develop a master plan that's expected to bolster its position as a leading Australian regional gallery.

I managed to break my wrist, in two spots, during a recent weekend celebrating Kyle's dad's 80th over  in New Zealand.  

The City of Ballarat has advertised a tender for the design and construction of the Gong Reservoir wall in the Buninyong Botanic Gardens. 

The Local Government Inspectorate has issued a media release about the Hepburn Shire Council and The Rex Theatre Development.

Taradale potter Ian (Ox) McColl unearthed a passion for pottery while still in his teens. It was a discovery that has shaped his life’s path ever since.

What sort of skullduggery is this? When a poor struggling billionaire who beat accusations he had built his tech fortune on a fraudulent deal gets towelled over by a waterspout?

Town Folk Festival, a single-day contemporary folk music festival has announced its expansion this year, bringing an enormous line-up of local and international talent to  Djaara/Castlemaine on Saturday, November 16.  

The former owner of Smeaton's Cumberland Hotel, Caleb Consiglio has had a court date adjourned to October after failing to appear at a hearing that was listed at the Ballarat Magistrate's Court on Monday.

A 47-year-old man has appeared before the Ballarat Magistrate's Court after police allegedly found guns made using a 3D printer at a rural property in Gordon.

The voices of 1000 rural women are being sought for a groundbreaking new documentary on Australia’s rural, regional and remote women.

The Hepburn Shire Council has joined a new $2m initiative to empower young people to say no to vaping.

Australian culinary hero Alla Wolf-Tasker has accepted the Gourmet Traveller's Readers’ Choice Icon Award for her Daylesford restaurant Lake House, which celebrated its 40th anniversary recently.

Some big things are headed to Victoria’s tiniest towns with new support through the state's Tiny Towns Fund set to make some of the smallest communities even better locales to live, work and discover.