Challenge to go ‘homeless’
Down and out: Radio announcer Leroy Brown gets a taste of life on the streets ahead of his homeless challenge next week. Picture: Tommy...
Bra donations ‘overwhelm’ project
Supporting women: Sam Jones, at bottom left, with Countours team members and the donations. Picture: Tommy RitchieKim WatersMORE than 2000 bras are scattered throughout...
‘Noise cams’ snap truckies
Kim WatersNOISE cameras have listened for rogue truckies in a trial on Geelong’s bypass, Vicroads has revealed.
A spokesperson said the roads authority was processing...
City jobs ‘lost to high dollar’
Andrew MathiesonAUSTRALIA'S strong dollar is preventing Geelong manufacturers hiring workers, according to an industry representative.
But Geelong Manufacturing Council executive officer David Peart said companies...
Lib taking on fortress Lara
First past the post: Robert Eyton at Lara’s Kevin Hoffman Walk. Picture: Tommy Ritchie 55946Andrew Mathiesonby andrew mathieson
AN ENGLISH “working bloke” who settled in...
Paper joins anti-violence push
The Independent’s Tony Galpin, centre, joins Mayor John Mitchell and councillor Jan Farrell to spread the White Ribbon Day message. THE INDEPENDENT has joined...
Council ‘medal’ backing
Kim WatersA GEELONG council push for a medal honouring long-serving councillors has won the backing of Victoria’s peak municipal body.
Municipal Association of Victoria has...
Drysdale honour for peninsula’s ‘shunned’ Nashos
Set on stone: Bill Banks, Max Evans and Neil Mannix with the plaque to be unveiled this weekend. Picture: Tommy Ritchie 55948Kim WatersTHE REGION'S...
US ‘millions’ bid for city bio-tech industry
Andrew MathiesonAN AMERICAN pharmaceutical company is preparing to invest millions of dollars in a share of a Geelong biotech firm.
A shareholder meeting in December...
Sidewalk sales lure thousands
Streets ahead: Kirsty Cramer, Jodie Smith-Reyntjes and Mark Davis at this week’s sidewalk sales. Andrew MathiesonEAGER bargain hunters brought chairs to line city streets...
Thousands back library, heritage cash bid
Kim WatersTHOUSANDS of bookworms and history buffs have joined councillors to lobby for funding to upgrade Geelong Library and Heritage Centre.
Geelong Library Board...
Elderly patient ‘filthy’
Erin PearsonA MELBOURNE hospital has apologised to a Geelong family for “disgusting” treatment of its injured elderly father.
The hospital left Ron Kenyon, 79,...
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Michael Aylward is a proud member of the Torquay Returned and Services League (RSL) after serving 20 years in the Navy. With Anzac Day...
