800 jobs ”shelved” in Costa decision
Hamish HeardDevelopers behind a proposal for a massive North Geelong homemaker centre have conceded defeat and shelved the controversyplagued project.
Quay Developments Corporation chairman Frank...
Squeeze on homes
Hamish HeardHouseholds in the Geelong region are under increasing stress as families struggle to find cash for mortgage and rental payments, according to latest...
Fishy tales
By Geelong Story UpdatesROSS Winstanley’s wife is a forgiving woman.
The fish junkie can spend hours on end at sea and not an angry word...
Property damage, ‘toolies’ targets
Hamish HeardTORQUAY police are already preparing their assault on unruly behaviour from school leavers in time for final exams in November.
Torquay police Sergeant Brian...
City pays as wind keeps ship at bay
Hamish HeardGEELONG ratepayers picked up a tab nudging $30,000 for a Dutch cruise ship to lay anchor off Queenscliff for several hours last weekend.
The...
All name, no shame
Peter FaragoSTATE Government is going to name the region’s top 200 industrial water users next year.
But is naming, and possibly shaming, big guzzlers of...
Top surf and winter spell end of warm water
Jane EmerickUnseasonably warm water and weeks of perfect waves have capped a golden autumn for boardriders on the Surf Coast.
But surf forecasters have welcomed...
City to spend $11,000 on two trips overseas
Hamish HeardRatepayers will pick up the tab for two globetrotting councillors and a couple of City Hall bureaucrats when they spend at least $11,000...
Labor preselection
Karen Hart and Andrew MathiesonTwo hands have gone up to take on former Geelong mayor Peter McMullin for Labor preselection in the Liberal seat...
Council and tribunal gazump servos plans
Hamish HeardThe state’s planning tribunal has ruined a Geelong petroleum company’s controversial plans for a bypass service station, fuelling jubilation among nearby residents.
The...
Finally, clouds in sight for growers
Jane EmerickFarmers across the Geelong region are welcoming May rain that experts predict to top the average this month.
Geelong Weather Services Lindsay Smail said...
Third dies after freeway smash
The third victim of a Princes Freeway head-on collision has died in hospital.
The 19-year-old Point Cook man died in Royal Melbourne Hospital on Wednesday...
Community calendar
Arts and craft markets
Arts and crafts stalls from local creatives and artisans. Saturday December 7 at Belmont Library 9.30am-2pm; Geelong Library & Heritage Centre...
