Star Weekly looks back at the pages of our predecessors.
40 years ago
March 29, 1983
Footscray Swim Centre will be closed within 12 months if the council doesn’t act quickly on a decision about its future.
30 years ago
March 31, 1993
Footscray residents face a possible loss of $1 million in council services or a rate increase of up to 4.5 per cent because Footscray Council is heading for a $1 million budget blowout.
20 years ago
April 2, 2003
Yarraville residents who take part in a trial warning program will be immediately alerted of any environmental emergency on or around Coode Island’s chemical storages.
10 years ago
April 3, 2013
The long fight to install the missing link in a key western suburbs bike path has had a breakthrough with the state government committing to build a $5.3 million overpass on the Federation Trail.