’You’re a different person when using drugs’: Eureka knock-out
By MICHELLE HERBISON
A MAGISTRATE has convicted and placed a Norlane man on a 12-month community corrections order for knocking out a victim at a...
Spectre of drought returns to spook local farmers
By NOEL MURPHY
THE spectre of drought hangs over the region following a dry start to the year and little sign of significant rain in...
FINALLY FRIDAY: Courthouse on a Fony journey
By MICHELLE HERBISON
PLAYWRIGHTS Ross Mueller and Georgina Capper took their four Fony 2013 cast-members on a journey as they wrote the production specifically for...
FINALLY FRIDAY: Fanning’s city show
By MICHELLE HERBISON
AUSTRALIAN rock royalty Bernard Fanning will play Geelong’s Costa Hall on 10 August, the former Powderfinger front-man has announced.
Following the release of...
DisabilityCare takes another step
Commonwealth and Victorian governments have come to an agreement on arrangements to transition people with disability into DisabilityCare Australia, the national disability insurance scheme.
Commonwealth...
Murlocs shiver at FReeZa
By MICHELLE HERBISON
RETURNING to Bellarine Secondary College to play with students from their old school will be “scary” for the young members of The...
Coach swinging ‘flexible’ Cats
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
THE flexibility that has already helped the Cats overcome significant deficits in three games this season is no accident, coach Chris...
Plant opens as sale under way
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN AND MICHELLE HERBISON
A $94 million sewage treatment plant meant to ween Shell off Geelong’s drinking water has opened a month...
Consistency key to hardware store Shop Local win
CONSISTENCY has earned a Shop Local Geelong Customer Service Award for Fagg’s Mitre 10, according to the company’s boss.
Chief executive officer Mark Edmonds welcomed...
Households blamed for beach ‘dumping’
THE Great Ocean Road is becoming a great ocean dumping ground as illegally dumped household rubbish takes over bins meant for beachgoers, according to...
Buckets & Bouquets
BOUQUETS to a lady who stands up for cats in the Independent. Cats were created by God and, like us, need to eat, so...
Lyric fit for a King
By MICHELLE HERBISON
SINGING, dancing, colourful costumes and sets and an entertaining storyline make Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein’s The King and I an enjoyable...
Around the grounds
We go around the grounds from matches played in Geelong Cricket Association senior women's on Sunday 16 November.
WOMEN’S SENIOR CRICKET
Sunday 16 November
A Grade
Barwon...
