Police ‘close in’ on Kingsbury killer
By PAUL MILLER
POLICE expect to make further arrests over the alleged kidnapping and murder of a Leopold man whose body remains missing.
Police have so...
Dad’s brain cancer prompts son’s fitness fundraiser
By PAUL MILLAR
THE devastating news of his father’s aggressive brain cancer has prompted a Geelong fitness instructor to launch a fundraising campaign.
Tom Boyle said...
Sacred Heart functions could be ‘disturbance’
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
NEIGHBOURS potentially face “sleep disturbance“ from a function centre hosting weddings and parties at a Newtown college, according to a planning...
Queenscliff festival schedule to have edge on diversity
ISSUES ranging from Aboriginal disadtantage to the treatment of refugees and “the LGBTI community” will be on the agenda at a Queenscliff festival.
Organisers officially...
Forum heats up super trawler brawl
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
THE BATTLE between commercial and recreational fishers over controversial trawler Geelong Star has sharpened following a forum between both groups.
The 90-metre...
Art dealer Gant sweats on Whiteley fraud case
By NOEL MURPHY
GEELONG art dealer Peter Gant is awaiting a Melbourne Magistrates’ Court ruling to find out whether he will go to trial over...
Old shoes? A load of cobblers!
By ELISSA FRIDAY
WHILE we need to wear shoes most of the time, some of us love buying them even when they’re not really needed.
Shoes...
Buckets and bouquets
BOUQUETS to Geelong East Men’s Shed for a second mini-DVD player cabinet created for me to exact measurements. The shed members are such friendly...
Virtuoso Chang ‘thrilled’ to play Geelong
INTERNATIONAL violin virtuoso Sarah Chang will perform with Melbourne Symphony Orchestra in Geelong next month.
The promoters of the Costa Hall concert said the American...
First 120-year-old on the way as age catches up
By NOEL MURPHY
AUSSIES are living longer and the number of 100-year-olds among us will jump to a thumping 40,000 over the next 40 years.
Indeed,...
Ned Kelly gets ‘loud’ at GPAC
By NOEL MURPHY
FEW figures in Australian history command as much attention as bushranger Ned Kelly.
Loved and hated alike, stories and accounts of Kelly...
Phil’s flaked out
By CHRIS PITMAN
GREETED with calm conditions Sunday morning, Phil Walters and Ray Beeden made a daybreak start and headed out from St Leonards.
They anchored...
Library’s new chapter
When Chilwell Library was on the verge of closure in 2017, a staunch and dedicated group of residents mobilised their community to keep this...
