From the archives

2008

30 years ago

April 28, 1993

The shires of Bacchus Marsh and Melton, the Macedon Water Authority, and the Romsey-Lancefield Water Board have joined forces to investigate the formation of a western waterways management authority.

25 years ago

April 29, 1998

The mayor of Moorabool, councillor Tom Sullivan, will spearhead a campaign to reclassify local roads used by quarry trucks as regional roads in a bid to attract more state government funding.

20 years ago

April 29, 2003

The federal government has refused to supply a Medicare provider number to allow a third overseas trained doctor to practice in Melton to help alleviate the strain on existing general practitioners.

15 years ago

April 29, 2008

Melton councillors have slammed the Department of Sustainability and Environment’s objection to the councils proposal to rezone the Truganina precinct.

During a 14-hour life-saving operation, Alicia Withington saw a vision of her late grandmother, who told her she would pull through the complicated brain surgery.