Leash tightens on dogs in city
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN AND KATE VALLENCE
DOG owners will have to keep their pets on leashes everywhere unless in specifically-signed off-leash areas, a new...
Ib, Ib hooray for victor: Crowd down for wet cup
By NOEL MURPHY
IBICENCO, a Peter Moody-trained import ridden by Brad Rawiller, held off tough competition from Verdant on a heavy track to take out...
Alex faces up to racing history at city gallery
By NOEL MURPHY
ALEX Hecker discovered some of the Victorian racing industry’s most treasured gold and silverware at Geelong Gallery this week.
This year’s Face of...
Drivers hit out at rough roads
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
ROAD maintenance is the most significant issue for the region’s motorists, according to an RACV survey.
The organisation asked local drivers for...
SPORT: Cats seek form after stumbles
By Jim Timberlake
GEELONG Cricket Club undid all the good work of its first two games this season, losing both last weekend’s matches to St...
SPORT: Gordon Knowles best with monster snapper as big reds go on the bite
By Brian Long
THE past week there's been some exceptionally big snapper captures, with Gordon Knowles’ 10.8kg monster last weekend probably the best.
Gordon’s caught his...
GOR cash fast-tracked: Works begin ‘in months’
By NOEL MURPHY
AN early release of hard-won cash for the Great Ocean Road could lead to upgrade works beginning between Lorne and Apollo Bay...
Start it or you’ll go blind, pilot program tells city
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
A high risk of blindness in Geelong has prompted a pilot eye test program in the city.
Geelong is one of four...
Wow factor: Doyle backs Lyons
By NOEL MURPHY
DARRYN Lyons has won powerful backing in his mayoral campaign, with Melbourne Lord Mayor Robert Doyle saying Geelong needed his “wow factor”...
$8b for tunnel ‘a dud’ for Geelong
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
The NAPTHINE Government’s east-west tunnel plan is a “dud” for Geelong, according to Lara MP John Eren.
Mr Eren went on the...
Family discovery reveals forgotten miseries
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
Discovering an extended family she never knew led Geelong author Jura Reilly to pen a book about one of the most...
Showdown over wards
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
MAYORAL candidate Ken Jarvis is on a collision course with Geelong councillors over his policy to eliminate their wards.
Mr Jarvis said...
Rally for green space
A group of concerned residents will present a petition at the September council meeting in an attempt to save a community space in Belmont.
Geelong...
