Star Weekly looks back through the pages of our predecessors.
35 years ago
December 1, 1987
A female trainee pilot and her instructor narrowly escaped death on Sunday, November 22 after the gyrocopter in which they were flying failed to gain altitude, its blades striking the ground and forcing the copter nose first into long grass at the centre of Penfield Airfield.
30 years ago
November 24, 1992
The five rural schools from Hesket to Clarkefield known as the Romsey “cluster” have all escaped closure under the savage cuts announced on Friday by the Education Minister, Don Hayward.
25 years ago
December 2, 1997
Residents are preparing to return to battle to prevent the development of a quarry in Gisborne.
20 years ago
December 3, 2002
Sunbury voters have resoundingly endorsed the ALP and its candidate for Macedon, Joanne Duncan, with big swings to Labor across local booths at Saturday’s election.
