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FINALLY FRIDAY: Dan magic with tricks for all ages

By CHERIE DONNELLAN DAN Bingham is up to his old tricks - magic tricks, that is. He’s Geelong’s only full-time working magician, appearing under the moniker...

SPORT: Cats eye 2014 after dual Hawks agony

By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN PERHAPS the most shattering result of the weekend was not the AFL preliminary final loss to Hawthorn but the VFL grand...

Funding ‘snub’ in threat to row race

By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN GEELONG could lose its $2 million a year Schoolgirls Head of the River regatta after State Government refused to help fund...

Decision opposing pokie bid ‘illogical’

By NOEL MURPHY SURF Coast’s council has gone against its own policy, legal advice and paid consultants to oppose a Torquay Hotel bid for 15...

Resident ‘buy-out’ prevents kennels

By NOEL MURPHY ANXIOUS neighbours have stymied plans for a kennel complex housing 150 dogs and cats at Wallington after raising $1.5 million to buy...

Store breaks barrier to win customer service award

By Editorial A CLEVER solution to a communication barrier between a wheelchair-bound customer and his deaf parents has earned Geelong West’s Tiger-$2 a customer service...

FINALLY FRIDAY: Whitley ‘chilled’ for Geelong gig

By CHERIE DONNELLAN THE stars were certainly unaligned when Lawrence Greenwood attempted to return to recording music. The Melbourne singer-songwriter dumped his moniker Whitley, under which...

JOIN THE CLUB: Club activates member base

By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN MOST clubs or groups have a single purpose, a principal reason for existing. Such simple aims are not for Geelong’s Life Activities...

New MP seeking projects funding

By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN FUNDING for two key development projects in the region could be saved with the support of new Member for Corangamite Sarah...

Jail for mum’s assault on lover of ex-partner

By CHERIE DONNELLAN A NORLANE mother who assaulted her ex-boyfriend’s new love has been handed a suspended jail sentence. Geelong Magistrates’ Court heard Angela Millar, a...

City barista titles brew excitement

By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN WINNERS of the first barista championships in Geelong this week will compete for a spot in a Victorian championship. The competitors gathered...

FISHING: Local anglers’ ideal action

By BRIAN LONG PERFECT conditions last weekend lured plenty of anglers onto the water, with some awesome fish caught. Darren Doyle boated a 9.6kg snapper as...

Hunter wants to prove he is his own man

Geelong draftee Hunter Holmes is relishing being reunited with new assistant coach Nathan Buckley as he sets out to prove he's his own man...

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