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Zakhele and friends on the run to help orphanage

By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN PLENTY of high-profile fun runs and surf swims feature along the region’s coast every summer but a relatively low-key event this...

Classic weekend of motoring set for city’s waterfront

By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN CLASSIC cars will overrun Geelong’s waterfront this weekend. Organisers said the second annual Geelong Revival would be one of the largest motoring...

New mayor goes global: Lyons rides vote-count rollercoaster of emotions to mayoral office

By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN GEELONG’S choice of Darryn Lyons as mayor has featured in global media, including the front page of Britain’s biggest-selling newspaper, the...

MPs’ Canberra battle over tax

By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN THE CARBON tax is “causing damage” in Geelong, “perhaps the most carbon-intensive city in the country”, Liberal MP Sarah Henderson has...

Our soldiers in return from Afghanistan war

By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN THREE Geelong soldiers have returned from Afghanistan’s front lines with mixed emotions: happy to be home but leaving a part of...

Local families’ violence surge

By NOEL MURPHY GEELONG’S “filthy little secret” - family violence - jumped an alarming 44 per cent across Geelong in the past year, according to...

New fear for Alcoa: Generator bid as profit from subsidy revealed

By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN NEW documents about Alcoa of Australia’s operations suggest its Point Henry smelter will close next year, according to the Greens. Victorian Greens...

Mates await their mayor

BY JOHN VAN KLAVEREN NEW Mayor Darryn Lyons faces a smooth induction into City Hall, with two personal friends on council. Former mayors Stretch Kontelj and...

Golf course aged care rejected

By NOEL MURPHY SURF Coast councillors have rejected controversial plans to turn part of Torquay’s The Sands into an aged-care centre. The Handbury Group wanted to...

FINALLY FRIDAY: Japanese duo’s talent for blues

By MICHELLE HERBISON GEORGE Kamikawa and Noriko Tadano’s appearance on Australia’s Got Talent last year certainly spread the word about the Japanese duo’s unique blues-folk...

JOIN THE CLUB: Bears on base

By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN IT'S quite a way from a part-time baseball field at Wallington to US college ranks but a number of Bellarine Bears...

Young tech snoop puts bite on Apple

By NOEL MURPHY SELF-STYLED teen tech insider Sonny Dickson says he’s taking a break from exposing new Apple products before they hit the market. The Bellarine...

Students tackle vaping

Students from two local schools have helped design a campaign to reduce vape usage among young people. Senior students from North Geelong Secondary College and...