Polar breaks fail to chill couple of 60 years
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
A DRYSDALE couple celebrating a 60th wedding anniversary is proof absence really does makes the heart grow fonder.
Ivan and Margaret Hawthorn...
FINALLY FRIDAY: Zeptepi airing at coastal gigs
By MICHELLE HERBISON
LIVING in Australia for nearly 13 years seemed enough time to permit Zeptepi front-man Phil Read to start telling this country’s stories...
FINALLY FRIDAY: Palace in place
BY MICHELLE HERBISON
MUSICIAN Tim Henwood’s indifference to joining young band Palace of the King quickly vanished when The Superjesus guitarist heard their music for...
Joey boys kick on in US footy
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
TWO Geelong footballers are making waves in American college football, both shortlisted for a prestigious award.
Tom Hornsey, playing for Memphis Tigers,...
Christmas mission for our digger Dawson
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
WHILE three of Geelong’s defence force sons are home safe and sound from Afghanistan, another local family will face an empty...
Convention centre push: City Hall goes ‘back to point’
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
GEELONG'S council is likely to include funding for a feasibility study into a convention centre at Limeburner’s Point in City Hall’s...
‘Meddling’ blamed: City hall pulls out of lobby group
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
GEELONG’S council has split with Committee for Geelong, finally ending a meddling and fractious relationship, according to former mayor Barbara Abley.
Council...
Brewery cheers for what ales city
By NOEL MURPHY
A BEER-led recovery could help bolster Geelong’s economy amid the gloom of business closures and threats elsewhere.
International brewer Lion launched its $60...
Review could open Leopold to bay but ‘waste time’
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
A PLANNING review could give Leopold public access to Corio Bay.
But Leopold Tourism and Leisure Park proponent Denis More said council’s...
Save Spring Creek, state urged
By NOEL MURPHY
SURF Coast Shire hopes its marginal state electorate will secure a third-time-lucky win on Spring Creek from the Coalition Government.
Council voted 4-3...
Jail for bashing patron
BY MICHELLE HERBISON
TWO former employees of a central Geelong nighclub have received suspended jail sentences for affray and recklessly causing serious injury following a...
FINALLY FRIDAY: Ol’ boys to rock at RSL
By MICHELLE HERBISON
GEELONG RSL will host a “rollicking night of rock and roll and controlled mayhem” with stage stars Frankie J Holden and Wilbur...
Shandelle seeks new musical horizons
Shandelle Cooke is one of Geelong’s best-loved performers, but the chanteuse is not content to rest on her laurels.
This month Cooke launches two new...
