Archive for July, 2010
National Tree Planting Day (Friday 30 July) was hugely successful again this year at the Castlemaine Steiner School and Kindergarten. Go to CI’s...
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By Darryl Coulthard, Deakin University I thought of the teachers working away on the laptops, organising their work, undertaking reports and proforma...
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Ivy Bean, 104, passed away in her sleep last night after being unwell for several weeks. Celebrities and politicians including Peter Andre, Sarah Bro...
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By Andrea Ross Here’s the rundown: Councillor Cropley started the ball rolling quick smart by supporting the closing and demolition of the Chewton P...
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30 July 2010 In discussions last week, Council gave support to the idea of announcing a ‘mayor elect’ about a month ahead of the official changeov...
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By Alanna Moore, July 2010. In 1989 I studied a course on Building Biology that had been translated from the German. It warned of the hazards of moder...
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Lot 19 is looking for expressions of interest for a SPRING SCULPTURE SHOW. Expressions of interest sought by the end of August, for exhibition mid-O...
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(COUNCIL PRESS RELEASE): Council has been reviewing the future of swimming facilities in the Shire over many years. In February this year, Council rel...
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Green Cross CEO Mara Bun interviewed Beth Galante to discuss the prospects for a sustainable recovery in America’s climate change impact hot sp...
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Friends of the Earth say the Victorian Government has taken a bold step forward and substantially advanced the climate debate with the release of the ...
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By Bree Rowe I’m afraid my green thumbs have turned a blue hue. I thought that I would be “clever” in my new garden and follow the p...
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By Rose Darling At its meeting last night, Mount Alexander Shire Council voted 4 to 3 to close and demolish the Chewton Swimming Pool....
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Fruit growers in Harcourt are concerned about biosecurity threats to the local industry following the Federal Government’s recent approval for apple...
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By Tim Preston Repair, reuse – some cultures, through need, can keep an object or product going for many years, or evolve it into something else use...
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Last night the Australian Greens launched a policy platform to help young and emerging artists earn an income from their art and reward all artists ...
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More than 350 people visited Castlemaine on Saturday for the State of Design Festival Open House Day. The day was a partnership between Mount Alexande...
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It was an historic moment in Castlemaine’s education history this week when a sister-school partnership was signed with CSC and SMAN3 Tangerang Sel...
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By Joyce Sanders There’s a plan afoot to buy the old petrol station site at the corner of Campbell and Barker. The plan is to keep the commerci...
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Bike the Earth is a two year expedition with a mission, which set off on Sunday, 18 July 2010 from Melbourne to Rio de Janeiro via Canberra, Sydne...
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By Emeile Dawkins As the federal election has been announced, it’s an ideal time to take a look at the past crucial weeks that will shape its result...
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By Andrew McKenna Following recent speculation that God is contemplating retirement, His office has just issued a press release that He will not conte...
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This might be the strangest story you read about the Federal election. Back on 17 June CI posted a story about how Tony Abbott could not speak the tru...
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Mr Philip Schier Mayor Mount Alexander Shire Council PO Box 185 Castlemaine VIC 3450 Dear Mayor I am writing formally on behalf of the Chewton Save th...
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By Ovidiu Bufnila To buy yourself a country… What a dream, ho, ho, ho… But an Empire?! Well! That’s what I call a bargain! But Belbb...
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Aphids, Punctum and Castlemaine State Festival are very excited to be offering the opportunity for two young, emerging artists who work with moving im...
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By Andrew McKenna Overnight President Barack Obama announced that the United States would lead a coalition of troops into the troubled South Asian Kin...
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A night of psychedelic saturnalia Baby it’s cold out there. Would you like to party?...
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What’s a clean coal-fired power station? One where they use Earth Choice to mop the floors? Because what comes out of the smoke stacks certainly...
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