From the archives

1987

35 years ago

January 28, 1987

The Advocate looked back on the first 100 years of St Albans and what the area meant to local residents.

25 years ago

January 29, 1997

An attack on a taxi driver in Braybrook last week is the latest of more than 160 incidents recorded on a database set up to stamp out crimes against cabbies.

20 years ago

January 29, 2002

Boredom, unemployment and a lack community infrastructure have been branded by west-based outreach workers as reasons why young people are inhaling toxic substances.

10 years ago

January 24, 2012

The final nail appears to have been hammered into the coffin for a Take-a-Break childcare program.