Cats ca$h grab: Will a quarter billion splash pay its way?
MORE than $100 million has been spent revamping Simonds Stadium in an effort to secure AFL games at Geelong -- and there's another $140...
Lyons settles with News on phone hack claims
by NOEL MURPHY
GEELONG mayor Darryn Lyons has received a confidential payout from Rupert Murdoch's News group over the alleged phone hacking of his former...
Letters: Bus fears, scumbags and traders …
Bus fears spreading
IT WAS interesting to read in last week’s Independent about the effect proposed bus route changes would have on Newtown residents.
Users of...
Buckets and bouquets
BOUQUETS to Nathan, who works in Myer Geelong’s home entertainment division. When a product I purchased had not arrived on time he made a...
Sally making her Marksman in opera
OCEAN Grove soprano Sally Wilson is tuning up for an edgy German opera unseen in Melbourne for 45 years.
She will play the lead female...
Miracle girl Billi survives three-storey fall
By PAUL MILLAR
A FIVE-YEAR-OLD Geelong West girl has been labelled a "miracle child" after surviving a fall onto concrete from the third storey of...
Kontelj attacks colleagues for ‘payback’ snub against elderly, disabled …
By NOEL MURPHY
FORMER mayor Stretch Kontelj has launched a scathing attack on councillors who refused this week to discuss Geelong bus route changes set...
Anglesea top for burgs as crims turn to coast
ANGLESEA is in Victoria's top 10 for most-burgled postcodes, according to a new report.
And Corio, Norlane, North Shore, Geelong, South Geelong, Bareena and Chilwell...
Double Take: Bikes, heads, grffll nr ppe wbrf …
SHADES of the 2010 UCI world titles angst over a Geelong race marketed as a Melbourne event emerged this week as wheels were being...
Tiwi magic mesmerises footy star Josh Finch
By NOEL MURPHY
FOLKLORE has long had it that Tiwi Islanders possess a remarkable innate talent for Aussie rules football.
But Highton’s Josh Finch, who has...
FRUGAL FRIDAY: Time to draw the linen
WHEN that certain time arrives to buy gorgeous new sets of linen or pillows, you can nose in and around a variety of places...
News briefs
Security boost
Increased monitoring of surveillance cameras will build on a beefed up police presence to enhance security in central Geelong after a spate of...
17 caught speeding during blitz
Police are calling for people to act more safely on the state’s roads after 17 drivers were caught speeding during a Geelong West blitz....
