Homelessness week vigil
The community is invited to attend a vigil to honour those in our community who are homeless ... According to Mr Michael McMahon, Senior Housing Team Worker, on any given night there are 78 homeless community members in Mount Alexander Shire, tens of people sleeping rough and over 250 families seeking support for crisis housing.
Critter crisis hotlines
It’s part of the deal for most people living in a small regional town; lots of time spent on the road between places. This means that what happens on the roads attracts a lot of attention ... And lately it seems that what happens on the road is: animals, lots of different animals.
Castlemaine Festival emerges from administration
The Board of Castlemaine State Festival announced last week that it will commence planning for a 2026 festival and expects to appoint a new artistic director later this year. In March the board had stated that it was entering voluntary administration and that specialists from Deloitte Financial Advisory had been appointed to "assess the options available to restructure the operations, preserve the legacy of the festival and determine a path forward."
