Local car thefts up as keys targeted
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
REPORTS of car thefts in Geelong have jumped 26 per cent, according to new figures.
National Motor Vehicle Theft Reduction Council recorded...
Servo bid reveals lights ‘plan’
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
AN APPLICATION for a third Drysdale service station indicates Vicroads proposes to replace the town’s congested Jetty-Grubb-Portarlington roads roundabout with traffic...
Lara Mad Max plan
By NOEL MURPHY
LARA wants to hitch its fortunes to a post-apocalyptic Mad Max future.
The 1970s Mel Gibson road warrior, who spearheaded Australia’s assault on...
SPORT: Cats facing Demons
By JIM TIMBERLAKE
GEELONG Cricket Club remains fourth on the Victorian Premier League ladder after an incredible tie last week against Carlton.
After only making 141...
Jobs flow from water contract
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
A $28 MILLION Barwon Water contract with a US firm is set to create 16 direct jobs as well as work...
‘Look on bright side’, says achiever
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
A MAN who was cast onto the education and jobs scrapheap because of a hidden disability has urged Geelong to “look...
Heat rising on higher homes
By NOEL MURPHY
OBJECTORS to rezoning Newtown and Belmont for dwellings up to four storeys high are fighting to convince authorities the plan is way...
Lara West plans get nod … 12 months later
PLANS for a new Lara West suburb housing 10,000 people, revealed last February by The Independent, have been formalised by the State Government.
The new...
Howard source Sizemore recants on Clinton-Hurley affair claims
UPDATE:
"Some low types in Hollywood," says Dylan Howard.
"He’s just admitted he trashed his ex and made it all up!"
LINK: Tom Sizemore’s Shame As He...
Grovedale arrests over 250 marijuana plants
POLICE have arrested a man and a woman after allegedly locating more than 250 cannabis plants at a house in Grovedale last night.
Members executed...
More charges over soccer brawl
UPDATE: POLICE have charged an eighth man following an alleged brawl outside a licensed premises between rival soccer fans in Melbourne’s Bourke Street on...
Man, dog, rescued from tinnie at Portarlington
A MAN and his dog have been rescued after they became stranded in their tinnie around Portarlington on Monday afternoon. The Victoria Police Rescue...
A regal return at the gardens
The statue of Queen Victoria once more surveys the entrance to Geelong’s Eastern Park.
The bronze statue, which was originally installed in 1912, has been...
