Six months’ jail for meth dealer
A MAGISTRATE has handed a six-month prison sentence to a Corio methylamphetamine trafficker.
Christopher Chambers, 23, of Moreland Ave, Corio, pleaded guilty in Geelong Magistrates’...
Camera fines fall, revenue up
SPEED cameras on the Princes Fwy are snapping fewer motorists but generating more revenue.
Justice Department figures show that in the past financial year the...
MP offices left in posts probe
CORANGAMITE MP Darren Cheeseman has gone to ground as an inquiry into fake pro-Labor online comments leaves politicians and their staffers as potential sources...
Twenty school crossing supervisors for Geelong
State Government has announced funding to help Geelong's council provide 20 extra school crossing supervisors in City of Greater Geelong.
Roads Minister Terry Mulder said the funding...
Geelong’s GMHBA campaigns against Gillard Government rebate cuts
Geelong insurer GMHBA has launched a campaign against the Gillard Government's proposed cuts to health insurance rebates.
GMHBA chief Mark Valena said the My Cover...
Black Pepper served with Shop Local service award
SHOPPING at Geelong’s Black Pepper is all about the customer service, according to Bellbrae’s Noela Alexander.
In fact, Ms Alexander was so impressed she successfully...
Ice addict jailed for ‘king hit’ on boy, 15
A 20-YEAR-OLD ice addict with ADHD, a “borderline IQ” and “countless” prior convictions has been jailed for a king hit that left a 15-year-old...
FINALLY FRIDAY: Back to GPAC
INTERNATIONALLY acclaimed stage-show Ganesh versus the Third Reich is coming home to Geelong after a string of successful shows across three continents.
Local company Back...
JOIN THE CLUB: ‘Boys’ by night finally turn 21
WHEN the boys get together for a night out, the talk is often the usual that might be heard when a band of men...
Board theft stirs Facebookers
THE RESPONSE of thousands of Facebook users to a stolen surfboard has "overwhelmed" an Ocean Grove surfer.
Jon Willard, who had deactivated his Facebook account...
Site unmasked: Geelong page man revealed
HE’S been Geelong’s most mysterious figure of social media for the past year.
His is a faceless history buff, an unknown social commentator...
Funds push ‘to help hoarders’
GEELONG’S council will help community organisations seek funds to work with hoarders after their behaviour becomes recognised as a mental illness this year, according...
Year in review – December
The completion of a major upgrade to the Melbourne to Geelong pipeline, a $40 million project increasing the pipeline’s capacity from 16 billion litres...
