Fire risk in ‘critical period’
By MICHELLE HERBISON
WEATHER over the next four to six weeks will be critical in determining the region’s fire risk this summer, according to Geelong...
Sanity prevails in local search for customer serivce
By Editorial
SOURCING unstocked products when competitors had thrown in the towel has earned Sanity Westfield Geelong a loyal customer.
In fact, St Leonards’ John Reid...
Buckets & bouquets
By Editorial
BUCKETS to the person who vomited on one side of my little red car while it was outside my garage for sale on...
Gun land fixed five years later
By NOEL MURPHY
IT MIGHT be five years later but a lead and tar-riddled former gun club site at Eastern Park has finally been cleaned...
Local surge in single parents
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
A SURGE in single parents across the Barwon region has prompted extension of a free child support advice service.
Victoria Legal...
Rental firms lose licences
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
A CORPORATE regulator has slammed two Geelong household goods rental companies for "irresponsible practices".
Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASCI) hit out...
Lia’s week of learning
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
"I LOVE learning," declared Corio’s Lia Snelleman as she carefully picked out notes on her folk guitar during her lesson at...
Wait for ambulance ‘killed my mother’: 83-year-old left lying in the rain
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
AN 83-year-old Lara great-grandmother left lying in the rain for 90 minutes awaiting an ambulance later died from associated heart complications,...
FINALLY FRIDAY: Homecoming for folk punk rockers
By CHERIE DONNELLAN
PUNK rockers The Go Set has the pick of choice for reasons to celebrate when they hit Barwon Club’s stage on Sunday.
It...
Happy Cats chappies
by JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
THERE'S a lot of happy chappies at Geelong, but one in particular.
"I’m pretty happy, Chappy’s pretty happy and it’s good for...
Super science captures kids
By REBECCA BILLS
CELEBRATING the importance of science in everyday life, the students at Whittington Primary School have taken part in Super Science Month.
Incorporating National...
Foster children in search of ‘home’
By MICHELLE HERBISON
FOSTER care provides homes for up to 150 youths in the Geelong region and the numbers are increasing, according to MacKillop Family...
26-year drought broken
Anglesea broke a 26-year premiership drought by defeating Geelong Amateur in the Bellarine Football League grand final. Independent photographer Ivan Kemp was at Grinter...
