KYNETON’S Sacred Heart College may one day have to add death metal to its music curriculum.

IT was the Aussie lifestyle that drew James and Evelyn Nutkins to Australia three years ago.

KYNETON anglers are brimming with optimism.

SUNBURY’S first baby of the year, Nixon, is “obedient” and his mum hopes he will stay so.

FOR the past decade, 83-year-old Charles Powell has listed the names of more than 130 women in his address book with the full support of his wife.

ALL spending by the Community Support Fund is detailed in a newly launched website.

Police have confirmed that the body found in a barrel in Melbourne’s northern suburbs is that of missing grandmother Lucia Amenta.

A SAMURAI sword and a handmade mace were among more than 30 weapons handed into Macedon Ranges police last year as part of a statewide weapons amnesty.

FROM the heart of rural Woodend to the urban fringe of Warrandyte, every resident needs a bushfire survival plan.

FISH and chips and dim sims have been the culinary initiation into Australian life for exchange student Benedict Kunst.

THE Kyneton Caravan Park set to be closed next year could become a community park and playground.

SUNBURY veterinarian Glen Hastie got the surprise of his life when an X-ray showed 1000 magnets in Polly the blue heeler’s stomach.

THE search for gold isn’t just about money in harder economic times, but about company as well.

THEY say dog is man’s best friend, but labradoodle Rosie is also Molly Clohessy’s guardian – a seizure-alert dog.

THE 16th birthday celebration of the Sunbury Probus Club will be the main topic of discussion at its next Wednesday meeting.