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From the archives

(1986)

Star Weekly looks back at the pages of our predecessors.

40 years ago

5 February 1986

Dog killers are having a field day near Cobbledicks Ford, with one farmer outraged to find yet another dog shot dead outside his property last week.

30 years ago

7 February 1996

Workers narrowly escaped serious injury at the United Transport depot in Laverton North last week when 20 litres of highly-toxic toluene diisocycanate (TDI) escaped from a drum to a warehouse floor.

20 years ago

1 February 2006

Wyndham councillor Henry Barlow has confirmed he will challenge Tarneit MP Mary Gillett for Labor preselection for the seat in the lead-up to this year’s state election.

10 years ago

3 February 2016

Tributes are flowing in for two Hoppers Crossing teenagers killed in a horror crash last Wednesday.

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