12th transport study under way
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
GEELONG'S council will spend $150,000 on a 12th transport-related study to be under way in the region.
G21 Geelong Alliance, GHD Consultants,...
Proposal to renew fountain ’ignored’
By MICHELLE HERBISON
A COUNCIL officers’ report on refurbishing Clifton Springs’ fountain lacks vision and “ignores local people’s views”, according to a working group spokesperson.
Drysdale...
Students deliver class acts in GPAC drama program
SECONDARY students will work with professional actors and theatre technicians to produce their own shows in a series of workshops at Geelong Performing Arts...
Traders, users split on future of buses in city
By MICHELLE HERBISON
A REVIEW of central Geelong’s bus interchange should recommend relocation because loitering youths are deterring more business than buses have attracted, traders...
Free rides as myki ‘outages’ hit buses
By MICHELLE HERBISON
THE abolition of short-term bus tickets could have caused a recent “spate of outages” on Geelong buses’ myki systems, according to Public...
Landcare awards to ‘invaluable’ volunteers
VOLUNTEERS caring for farmland and natural environments have earned awards from the region’s catchment manager.
Corangamite Catchment Management Authority bestowed its 11 annual Landcare awards...
Trades Hall enters storage stoush
By NOEL MURPHY
GEELONG Trades Hall could throw its weight behind a campaign against a chemical storage plant proposed for North Geelong.
Trades Hall will vote...
Cow’s eye cancers cost farmer $5000
By MICHELLE HERBISON
A NEGLECTFUL farmer’s two cows with painful eye cancer waited months to be put out of their misery before an anonymous complaint...
Ford shocks Geelong leaders – $40 million fund announced
Ford’s announcement it will cease manufacturing in Geelong has shocked the city’s civic and community leaders.
The company will close its Geelong manufacturing plant in...
Voice of Celts at festival
By MICHELLE HERBISON
WORKING with the “charismatic and passionate” Ricky Martin taught Geelong star Imogen Brough to “always be professional” while rehearsing and performing.
Brough told...
Buckets
BOUQUETS to gay marriage supporters (Buckets & Bouquets, 3 May). I too have fought intolerance and need support because I love fish and want...
Kate living dream
By MICHELLE HERBISON
BRISBANE singer-songwriter Kate Miller Heidke initially regarded a pop career as a “pipedream” but is fast proving herself wrong.
The classically-trained folk-pop...
Disappointment turns to hope for Angelique
Belmont Lions co-captain Angelique Ross has remained upbeat after rupturing her ACL in the Geelong & District Netball League second-semi final.
Ross will miss this...
