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From Annie Smithers table to yours
16 May 12 | Part cook book, part gardening guide, part diary, part eye candy, Kyneton restaurateur Annie Smithers first book aims to inspire.
16 May 12 | RESIDENTS are being offered tips on how to live a more sustainable life through ‘The Good Life’ festival.
Pig refuses to stay penned at Eganstown
16 May 12 | A PIG called Sunday caused havoc on the Midland Highway near Eganstown on May 11 when it refused to stay penned, escaping twice.
Hepburn glows for Pink Day
16 May 12 | LAST Friday Daylesford Secondary College had a pink glow as students organised a fundraiser to celebrate Pink Day.
Fair Work blitz uncovers thousands in lost wages
16 May 12 | THE Fair Work Ombudsman has recovered $5200 from a Daylesford business for paying less than minimum wage to a food and beverage attendant.
Morton Dunn chosen to design Clunes hub
16 May 12 | THE Clunes Community and Interpretive Centre is one step closer to reality, with Hepburn Shire Council appointing architects Morton Dunn to complete the design of the facility.
Hepburn residents rally against proposed Vodafone Tower
16 May 12 | RESIDENTS Objecting to Mobile Phonetower (ROMP) staged a rally at Hepburn Reserve recently to protest a Vodafone Tower application.  | CommentsComments (4)
Milestone for Creswick centre
16 May 12 | A PLAYGROUND upgrade designed by the children at Creswick Children’s Services and supported by Bunnings is just one way the centre will celebrate turning one this month.
CFA station pledged for Hepburn Springs
16 May 12 | A NEW fire station for the Hepburn Springs CFA is a priority project in the state government’s 2012-13 budget.
Movie review: Dark Shadows (M)
15 May 12 | Director Tim Burton returns to his eerie roots with his latest film Dark Shadows but it's far from his best work. Writes CHRIS PEDLER.
15 May 12 | An exciting discovery has been made by the Wombat Forestcare group in the Wombat Forest just east of Trentham: the presence of the agile Brush-tailed Phascogale or Tuan (Phascogale tapoatafa).
15 May 12 | THE captain of the Clunes Fire Brigade has fronted court after he was involved in a drunken call to emergency services, falsely reporting a fire at the pub where he was drinking.
12 May 12 | DEPUTY Premier Peter Ryan this morning announced Huntly would receive natural gas within two years.
Movie review: The Five Year Engagement (M)
11 May 12 | AFTER starring in an amazing film, actors and actresses have a tendancy to do something that is a critical flop.
Hepburn Shire residents face further rate increases
11 May 12 | HEPBURN Shire ratepayers could incur a further three per cent rate rise on top of the projected 4.5 per cent rise stated in the Hepburn Shire Council draft budget for 2012-13.
CFA saves Mount Prospect home
09 May 12 | REGIONAL CFA volunteers helped save Rob Hill's family and his house in Mount Prospect last Thursday.
Volunteer week: Just like visiting grandma
09 May 12 | EACH week Daphne McMillan visits Creswick Nursing Home, but not to see a relative.
09 May 12 | HEPBURN artist Liz Archer will showcase her unique style of art at an exhibition starting this Friday in Castlemaine.
09 May 12 | THE iPad, Kindle and Nook may be the new buzzwords for readers and publishers, but Clunes Booktown has proved that nothing compares to good old-fashioned dust jackets and paper pages.
09 May 12 | DAYLESFORD artist Brian Nash and his cousin, writer Koo Metcalf, have teamed up to produce their first children's book, I Can See Angels.
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