From the archives

30 years

40 years ago

July 27, 1983

UFO watching has become the newest local spectator sport following recent sightings in the district.

30 years ago

July 28, 1993

A new local law banning alcohol consumption in public places in Bacchus Marsh will be released for public comment this week.

20 years ago

July 29, 2003

The federal government has been blamed for more than a dozen deaths on the Western Highway.

15 years ago

July 29, 2008

Melton’s Dean Lewis would love to rewind the clock five or six centuries to the days when blacksmiths held the power.