Teacher killed
A Bellarine Secondary College teacher has died in a house fire at Ocean Grove, leaving a teenage son who lived with her distraught.
Arson Squad detectives who inspected the site this week believe the fire that killed Dawn Webster on Monday night was not suspicious.
Pharmacy ‘smashed’
A man refused medication has returned at night to “smash” an Ocean Grove pharmacy’s doors, according to police.
Investigators released images of the suspect this week with an appeal for information about the 29 May incident at the Kingston Downs Dve premises.
Nurses lose
Unionised council nurses have lost their campaign for more annual leave after 91 per cent of 1317 City Hall staff voted in support of a proposed new enterprise agreement, according to City Hall.
The three-year deal would give staff annual pay increases of 2.1 to 2.3 per cent but City Hall said it omitted the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation’s demand for five week’s leave.
Cash found
An unidentified good Samaritan has handed in a lost purse containing a “large sum of money”, Bellarine Police Station has revealed.
Police said the owner could retrieve the purse and its contents if they were able to provide certain identifying information, “obviously”.
Women promoted
Women are set to land more senior positions at City Hall after council this week released a draft “framework” for gender equity.
The plan noted the “small numbers of women in leadership and management positions” at City Hall while also providing a guide for “community-based activities and responses”, council said.
Rain boost
Fifty-six millimetres of rain has lifted water storage levels in the Geelong-region catchment, according to official measurements.
Barwon Water reported that the rain over the seven days to Wednesday had left the storages 1.2 billion litres higher, with the overall level now at 51.6 per cent of capacity.
Land swapped
A developer-council land swap will save an “ecologically significant” 13.6-hectare site at the expense of a 3.9Ha reserve in Indented Head, according to City Hall.
The developer would also give council $110,000 to achieve parity in the exchange of the similarly valued sites, City Hall said.
