Looking back at the year that was, the Mail this week takes a look at what was making headlines in A

POLICE continue their search for missing bushwalker Warren Meyer who went missing on Dom Dom Saddle on Easter Sunday.
YARRA Ranges Shire calls on the Minister for Roads for a 50-kilometre speed limit in 15 towns across the shire.
The speed limit on the Black Spur is reduced from 100km/h to 80.
MORE than 200 houses in Millgrove lose power in raging storms.
THE two-week hearings into the Sugarloaf Pipeline commence at Yering.
GEMBROOK MP joins a Warburton protest against logging in the catchments on the steps of parliament.
A FIVE-YEAR plan is announced to provide permanent medical services to Yarra Glen.

HEALESVILLE ambulance despatcher Trudi McLeod won a year-long battle for the right to claim workcover from her employer. Ms McLeod was on duty when an ambulance was called for her dying son.
CORY Acuna was found guilty of the murder of former Healesville musician Darren Jones.
A HOUSING Affordability Forum held in Yarra Junction reveals the desperate need for accommodation in Yarra Ranges.
HEALESVILLE High School students are forced to wear winter woolies to keep warm in the school’s heating system fails.
THE State Government’s $9 million contribution to the Yarra Glen Bypass is included in the budget – but Warburton misses out on money for natural gas connection.
CHARLIE Booth, a founding member of Healesville Amateur Racing Club dies at 104.

CORANDERRK Aboriginal Housing Co-operative comes under fire after evicting a homeless local family from a house, which had been vacant for four months.
WORAWA College re-opens six months after its registration was suspended by the Victorian Registration and Qualifications Authority.
YARRA Valley farmers were among more than 2000 people who protested on the steps of Parliament against the Sugarloaf Pipeline.
GRUYERE CFA member Pat Bigham is awarded the Australian Fire Service Medal in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List.
POLICE in Healesville warn of the dangers as young people experiment with “magic mushrooms.”
THE McEwen – Mitchell v Bailey – saga continues with the Federal Court again adjourning the case.
GULF Station at Yarra Glen closes “until further notice” amid speculation the closure will become permanent.
HEALESVILLE is described as a “war zone” as 50 people brawl outside the Grand Hotel in Healesville.