20 years ago
February 25, 2000
A new environmental row is brewing at Pt Lillias over a proposed Corio Bay bridge.
Friends of Pt Lillias spokesman Col Edwards this week warned Geelong’s business and political leaders to keep their hands off the wetland.
15 years ago
February 25, 2005
Police yesterday charged a Herne Hill woman with murdering her four children, all under the age of three.
Homicide Squad Detectives arrested Carol Louise Matthey, 25, of Harvey Ave, early yesterday.
*Carol Louise Matthey was later cleared of the charges in 2017 after a Supreme Court judge ruled evidence against her was inadequate.
Ms Matthey had always maintained her innocence over the deaths.
10 years ago
February 26, 2010
Residents of three Geelong outer-suburbs will finish stage four restrictions as champion water savers, according to a new report.
But the Barwon Water report revealed that Herne Hill would finish with the distinction of being the only suburb to increase its consumption in the last quarter of 2009.
5 years ago
February 27, 2015
A controversial 95-metre floating fishing factory will bring jobs and investment when it makes Geelong port its home base later this year.
But the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) has opposed the plan.
