Reporting on Maldon and surrounding central goldfields
Newsagency news: end of an era. Maldon Newsagency has had a change of hands for the first time in nearly 28 years. Tireless local couple Barb and Graeme Ford have sold the business and are looking forward to the next phase of their lives. “We will very much miss the contact with people, through their…
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Newly sealed car-park at Cairn Curran. Photo courtesy Goulburn-Murray Water. One of Cairn Curran Reservoir’s major recreation areas is fully reopened to the public following the completion of several upgrades. Located on the southeast foreshore of the reservoir, Welshmans Reef is a popular destination for boaters and fishers. Funding from the Victorian Fisheries Authority’s Better…
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Road resheeting in Mount Alexander Shire. Photo courtesy Mount Alexander Shire Council. At the Meeting of Mount Alexander Shire Council (MASC) on Tuesday 15 April, Council resolved to make the proposed 2025-2026 budget available for public feedback for two weeks from Wednesday 16 April through to Wednesday 30 April. Of a planned $56 million for…
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Democracy, Sausage. Choices, choices It is said that you can’t have your cake and eat it too, which is confusing and thought-provoking. When it comes to voting you will need to make a choice between voting quietly and conveniently in advance, or braving the throngs while voting on the official Election Day. There’s something to…
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Well-spoken Karen Gray. I just want to support your words on an archaic, cruel and unnecessary ‘sport’. Just where is the ‘sport’ in it? Hilary Da Costa Maldon
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So. The patriot sees the world as them and us, but the problems we are trying to solve require the world to work together. Filth in the air, filth in the land and filth in the water, unless we can work together, nature will solve this for us and nature is not gentle. The patriot…
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Village Expo heads to Maryborough. After two successful events in Maldon last year, Village Business will run its next Village Expo in Maryborough on Friday 9 May. Coordinated as a joint initiative of the Committee for Maryborough and Village Business, it will be an opportunity for business, government and industry leaders in Maryborough and surrounding…
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Adam Sewell at his Joyce’s Creek farm last month. “Things are tight, we’re about to start lambing. We’ve had 18 mils of rain since the photo was taken and it all disappeared. There’s still good time for a break yet, I think it will rain soon and history shows that it will.” Photo courtesy Rob…
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Quarry feedback due within 7 days. The Blue Hills Quarry proposed by Mawsons concrete and landscaping product company has had a new development, with a ‘referral’ advertised on Wednesday 3 April under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act. Documents outlining plans for the project and its environmental impacts are available for public comment…
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Electioneering. Candidates have been on the campaign trail in the Bendigo electorate, revealing their plans and proposals. On Wednesday 2 April, Nationals candidate for Bendigo Andrew Lethlean and Liberal candidate for Bendigo Matt Evans joined Hon. Kevin Hogan MP, Shadow Minister for Trade and Tourism and Nationals Member for Page, to announce that an elected…
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