Region’s new dementia rate ‘frightening’ for future
Dealing with dementia: Joy Leggo and Luba Pryslak.By Cherie DonnellanNEW STATISTICS showing the Geelong region has the most dementia cases in Victoria has shocked...
Council ‘blamed’ for gym failure
By Michelle HerbisonCOUNCIL'S failure to address amenity issues is to blame for a 24-hour gym in Belmont failing to win planning approval, according to...
‘Early compo’ set for pockets
By Cherie DonnellanEARLY cash payments to offset “the price on carbon” will begin appearing in thousands of local bank accounts next week, a Labor...
Confusion over Bells bus traffic
By Cherie DonnellanTOUR buses could be illegally entering Bells Beach Surfing Reserve after councillors passed new licensing laws last month, according a community group.
Bells...
Burgs spark calls to stiffen security
Martin Duke and Sen Sgt Angelo Ferrara in Torquay’s Gilbert St.By Cherie DonnellanTORQUAY police have warned businesses to install security systems after a spate...
Ferry bid blamed for harbour delay
By Michelle HerbisonBELLARINE Ferry Group is promoting “misinformation” about the viability of a service between Portarlington and Melbourne, according to a community organisation.
Friends...
$250K to stand for mayor vote
By John Van KlaverenA “SERIOUS” campaign for Geelong’s first direct mayoral election will cost at least $250,000, according to a fomer Melbourne Lord Mayor.
Kevin...
Jazz in a Flap!
All that jazz: Flap! plays Torquay Bowls Club this month.By Cherie DonnellanCAUGHT in the jazz groove, a punter reproduced his very own Roaring ’20s...
JOIN THE CLUB: Historic camera club thriving in digital age
Framed: Geelong Camera Club members, David Rendle, Heather Prince, Brien Cohn, Frank Kennedy and Ken Organ.By John Van KlaverenPHOTOGRAPHY has em-erged from the darkroom...
Warning over ‘silent killers’
Deadly: James Sanderson Inspects an old gas heater. By John Van KlaverenUP TO 60 per cent of local gas heaters need servicing to avoid...
Port’s bigger future
By Michelle HerbisonA TREND to bigger ships presents “major challenges” for Geelong’s port, according to a maritime consultant.
Thompson Clarke director Sandy Galbraith said...
City ‘left with Port Bellarine headache’: $2m clean-up bill
By John Van KlaverenGEELONG ratepayers face a $2 million bill to rehabilitate the site of an ill-fated Port Bellarine development, according to a state...
Stengle out, Cat to debut
Star Geelong forward Tyson Stengle is out of Saturday's AFL game against Richmond for family reasons, with George Stevens to make his senior debut.
The...
