News

OK. By now we all know the Hepburn Shire Council is in a bit of a state financially.

Entries for the Venie Holmgren Environmental Poetry Prize are now open until Sunday, August 4.

Just at home riding a Harley motorcycle through the desert as he is mingling in a classy art gallery, Sailors Falls creative, Michael Lelliott works with paint, drawing, photography, film, sculpture and sound to celebrate beauty where he finds it. Currently, inspired by a very recent desert excursion, he is working on a suite of new paintings to exhibit as part of this August’s winter fundraising show at The Little Gallery in Trentham,  where he will be among participating artists.

After many years of paying her dues in the competitive world of professional video production, Bullarto’s Nadine Jade has reached the stage where she can finally choose which projects to accept.

The Red Dirt Ball will raise funds to halt the construction of overhead transmission lines and towers on valuable farmland, provide aid for rural mental health, and combat family violence.

Daylesford & District Museum held a launch of its new Daylesford Ceramics Collection on Thursday, May 30 to thank the donors of works to the contemporary collection.

Brilliantly coloured images of rock and pop stars fill a book by Yandoit’s Dave Lewis. They arose out of extreme trauma.

One of the protected and historic cedar trees along Malmsbury Road has been felled to make way for road access for the Middleton Field housing estate.

Hepburn Springs local Jim Milesi reckons he may well be Australia’s only professional speech therapist who also works as a dry stone wall builder.

Hepburn Shire Council has shown it is not really interested in genuine consultation with the community of Creswick.

Prompting plenty of public opinion, the current trial of pedestrian islands at the intersection of Fraser and Service Streets in Clunes will continue through to August 4 the Hepburn Shire Council says.

Police have appealed for information while investigating a fatal crash that occurred in Monegeetta last Wednesday night.

Police have been appealing for public assistance as they search for missing woman, Harriet.

More than 150 people attended a community consultation at the Daylesford Town Hall last Saturday, June 1, over the proposed Hepburn Shire Town Structure Plans.

Hepburn Shire Council is in such dire financial straits that Mayor Cr Brian Hood and two other councillors voted to defer the release of its draft budget until September.

Braemar College music students, Evie, Luca, Polly, Arlo and Ari, are excited to be performing before the fireworks on the opening night of the Woodend Winter Arts Festival on June 7 at Buffalo Stadium Woodend.

Following community engagement, the Greater Bendigo City Council has recently voted to begin a process to sell seven City owned properties that are not planned for future use.

The City of Greater Bendigo has started construction of new $520,000 accessible public toilet facilities and a changing place in Elmore and a new $210,000 changing place in Heathcote.

The City of Ballarat is celebrating a successful Ballarat Heritage Festival, with thousands of people flooding to Ballarat over 10 action-packed days.

The City of Greater Bendigo is undertaking smoking and vape-free trials at a number of public sites in Greater Bendigo until Friday June 28, 2024.

Emergency services have found a body believed to be that of missing Gordon man Matthew, three days after he was last seen in Newlyn.

The City of Ballarat has released its Draft Footpath Construction Strategy for community review and feedback in recent days.

The Ballarat City Council has endorsed its draft Ballarat Airport Strategy and Master Plan to go out for community’s review, at its recent May scheduled meeting. 

The Riddells Creek community will benefit from improved safety and connectivity with a new pedestrian crossing soon to be built after the Macedon Ranges Shire Council received a state government grant.