In the village, there were military barracks, police station, post office, ambulance and elementary school (built in 1950) where everyday a lot of pupils were going on foot for couple of kilometres from the villages Gradeshnica, Budimirci, Grunishte and Zovikj. In 1997, the municipality of Staravina was established and it included the villages of Bitola’s Mariovo, which was later merged with the municipality of Novaci. According to thecensus from 2002, there were 22 people in the village Staravina.