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27 September, 2024
The Addy Looks Back — September
The Addy looks back at news that made headlines in...
2014
This time in 2014, Navarre were celebrating back-to-back senior football and netball premiership wins — a first for any club in the Maryborough Castlemaine District Football Netball League.
The Clunes Fire Brigade marked 150 years of service to the community.
Maryborough District Health Service’s CEO, Glenis Beaumont, tendered her resignation.
Up to 20 CCTV cameras were expected to be installed in High Street and throughout Maryborough’s CBD.
2004
Back in 2004, Maryborough’s unemployment rate reached a two-year peak of 10.9 percent.
Following two separate collisions within just five days, local police called for road users to remain vigilant when travelling, particularly as the weather warmed up and ahead of the Christmas period.
1974
Maryborough’s Golden Wattle Festival reached a disappointing climax 50 years ago due to poor weather conditions. Princes Park Oval was waterlogged and as such, was out of bounds for most of the festivities.
Ambulance vehicles that have travelled more than 100,000 miles would no longer be driven by local officers as of the end of this year.
The Maryborough Lions Club purchased its new Meals on Wheels van.