Sport festival to test all abilities
Competitors: Renee Lane with brothers Ben and Tom at the bio lab. Picture: Tommy Ritchie 75706JOHN VAN KLAVERENGEELONG Multi Sport Festival caters for...
Barking mad over dog house: Tenant defends right to eight dogs
Pets aplenty: Narelle Roughley with two of her eight dogs. Picture: Tommy Ritchie 75754ERIN PEARSONA HOUSEHOLD with eight noisy dogs is driving Whittington residents...
1000 competitors here for 2012 Deaf Games
Having a ball: Grovedale’s Renee D’Offay competes in the Deaf Games. Picture: Tommy Ritchie 75749ERIN PEARSONMORE than 1000 hearing-impaired athletes competed in a 2012...
Armstrong Creek: Chain in talks for big store
JOHN VAN KLAVERENA NATIONAL chain is planning a major hardware and homewares store at Armstrong Creek’s Keystone Business Park, according to its director.
Trent Keirnan...
‘Shame file’ lists MP for expenses
JOHN VAN KLAVERENFEDERAL Member for Corio Richard Marles is among 82 parliamentarians who failed to verify expense claims, according to a Department of Finance...
Illegal burns put heat on safety, warns CFA
Fire threat: Gerry Verdoorn inspects dry grass at North Geelong. Picture: Tommy Ritchie 75868ERIN PEARSONGEELONG firefighters fear illegal burn-offs could spark major blazes across...
MP ‘win’ over pokie strategy
JOHN VAN KLAVERENCLUBS Australia’s campaign against pokie reforms in Geelong has backfired badly, according to Corangamite MP Darren Cheese-man.
Mr Cheeseman said he continued to...
Nelson school squeeze: ‘Penny-pinching’ to hurt disabled students
MICHELLE HERBISONGEELONG'S intellectually disabled senior students will be left without enough space after State Government acquires their Corio campus mid-year, according to their principal....
Unit ‘rushes’ in
On patrol: Operational Response Unit’s Sergeant Robert Jamieson, First Constable Simon Woodhouse and Constable Joshua Robinson with Corio Police Senior Sergeant Michael Reid. Picture:...
Church ‘set for disused offices’
ERIN PEARSONTORQUAY'S former shire office is set to become a church, according to Torquay Christian Fellowship.
Pastor Chris Rowney said the fellowship, a branch of...
Rocking holidays
Jan Juc’s Maya, 6, and Flynn, 8, display specimens discovered during a Rockpool Ramble at Anglesea this week. The ramble was part of an...
Survey over climate risk for campers at two parks
MICHELLE HERBISONA SURVEY of campers at two Bellarine Peninsula caravan parks will help prepare the facilities for climate change, according to a Victorian coastal...
Newcomb powers to important win
Independent photographer Ivan Kemp was at Grinter Reserve on Saturday to see the Newcomb Power host and defeat Drysdale by four goals.
