Authority ‘to put bite on river dog walkers’
JOHN VAN KLAVERENIRRESPONSIBLE owners walking unrestrained dogs along the Barwon River face a crackdown, according to Corangamite Catchment Management Authority.
The authority said owners failing...
Ex-Indy reporter ‘trapped in riots’
KIM WATERSA FORMER Independent journalist living in London has described her “frightening” experience caught in the city’s violent riots.
Jessica Benton, who moved...
Christian on a roll with Laurie’s invention
Wheely inventive: Christian Thomas and Laurie Moorfoot with the modified wheelchair. JOHN VAN KLAVERENA FUTILE 18-month worldwide search for mobility has ended in a local...
MP’s drugs push: Call to ‘inject’ facility
ERIN PEARSONSTATE Government should investigate installing safe injecting rooms in Geelong after three drug overdose deaths last week, according to an MP.
Labor Member for...
Icon for Geelong opens with entries call
Put on your thinking caps: Icon for Geelong founder Andrew Senia and Mayor John Mitchell call for entries in the $10,000 competition to design...
Squad ‘rules’ on coast
ERIN PEARSONSURF Coast will host a three-day training session for Australia’s International Rules squad ahead of its clash with Ireland in October, the AFL...
School’s 150th a lesson in history
150 not out: Bellbrae Primary School students and staff spell out the reason for their celebration this Saturday.ERIN PEARSONYVONNE Sumner still remembers when the...
Drysdale, Springs push for peninsula cycle ‘network’
Ride on: Jill and Neil McGuinness want a Bellarine Peninsula cycling network. KIM WATERSDRYSDALE and Clifton Springs residents want a council-funded bike trail...
Kinder bid ‘deadline’
KIM WATERSCOUNCIL is running out of time to decide on a site for a new Barwon Heads kindergarten, according to a spokesperson for the...
Bridge bypass to Guy’s office
KIM WATERSOBJECTORS to a proposed bridge at Clifton Springs have asked Planning Minister Matthew Guy to visit the site and meet petitioners, according to...
RDA turns downlights
JOHN VAN KLAVERENA PUSH for lights at Skilled Stadium appears doomed as Geelong awaits the outcome of a Federal Government funding announcement.
But the outlook...
Sons gone, not forgotten, in week for missing
Into thin air: Desmond O'Keeffe with a poster about son Daniel. ERIN PEARSONDESMOND O’Keeffe knows the bond between a father and son is special.
He’s...
From the archives
18 years ago
November 9, 2007
Thugs face life-time bans after Geelong nightclubs rollout permanent ID scanners next week, nightlife association chairman Darren Holroyd told the...
