WILDLIFE carers in the Macedon Ranges want residents to secure their pets after two rare animals were killed this month.

MACEDON Ranges principals are not convinced about the usefulness of the Federal Government’s My School website.

MACEDON Ranges Council will hail its most talented, passionate and plucky at its annual Australia Day awards today.

WOODEND will be showcasing its green credentials next month at the Sustainable Living Festival.

WILDLIFE carers in the Macedon Ranges are demanding the State Government toughen laws on bows and arrows following the discovery of four native animals killed by the weapons in Gisborne.

THE Macedon Ranges recorded six fatalities on the road last year, half of them motorcyclists.

KYNETON District Health Service will open two new student housing units next month in a bid to lure under-graduate GPs to the area.

MACEDON Ranges Council has received grants for two major art projects to begin next year.

SOUTH Ward councillor Rob Guthrie has been elected mayor of the Macedon Ranges.

A SHIREWIDE koala census and a recent count at Hanging Rock have revealed declining numbers of the Australian icon in the Macedon Ranges.

COUNCIL services and facilities in Macedon, Mt Macedon and Woodend will not operate on Code Red fire-danger days under a new plan.

POLICE say they are staggered by the sheer stupidity of people who lit fireworks in the Wombat State Forest.

MACEDON Ranges Council has increased its fire resources with four employees to oversee a Bushfire Planning Team this fire season.

MACEDON Ranges Council will create a settlement strategy.

LANCEFIELD winemaker Phillip Moraghan knows he will never taste the optimum wine from his 10-year-old vines.

THE countdown to this year’s fire season has begun.

MACEDON Ranges residents have been urged to use October as the window of opportunity to get their properties prepared for the coming fire season.

IT’S the first day of spring and in the Macedon Ranges that means the Kyneton Daffodil and Arts Festival is upon us.

WESTERN Water will overhaul all fire hydrants in Macedon this month as the authority readies itself for the fire season.

MACEDON Ranges police say they are committed to reducing the region’s road toll after two deaths on the same weekend this month.