Election road warfare
Kim WatersDuplication of the Princes Highway between Winchelsea and Colac has become a political football, with both sides of federal parliament accusing each other...
Cops set to lay charges over cyclist
Alex de VosPolice have identified a driver who assaulted a cyclist on Torquay Road last Sunday, leaving him with facial injuries.
Constable Glen Kelly said...
Region to get a kick out of festival with plenty of Heart
The round ball will feature during the heart of the AFL season with the opening leg of a community football festival in Geelong next...
6.9% rates hike shock
Alex de VosResidents have slammed Surf Coast Shire's plan to increase rates by 6.9 per cent to help pay for $23 million "Taj Mahal"...
New rules to give caravan park hogs heave-ho in favour of casuals
Alex de VosNew rules will force out long-term carvan park campers in favour of casuals as part of a management shake-up announced in Torquay...
Residents rally for bashed teen pair
Kim WatersOcean Grove residents are rallying around two young victims of a vicious assault.
A fundraising campaign for teenagers Dylan McEwan and Daniel Dryden has...
Dog walkers snap at back beach ban
Kim WatersResidents have hit back at a council proposal to ban dogs on Point Lonsdale’s back beach.
Concerned beach-goers rejected claims that dog walking...
Still taking the plunge
Andrew MathiesonJan Watson’s not your ordinary Clifton Springs’ 82-year-old.
Not content to ease into retirement with the sleepy seaside town’s pleasures of a spot of...
College band to blow away crowd
Melissa Shirley and David Bowden are shining their brass instruments and practicing their chords as they prepare to compete in this year’s Powercor Star...
Housing talks labelled ‘sham’
Andrew MathiesonRESIDENTS and councillors invited to join State Government public consultation on a controversial Moorabool Street residential development have slammed a lack of transparency...
Minister takes on neglected centre Labuan Square’s ‘back in business’
Andrew MathiesonA BAPTIST minister is behind a push to revitalise a rundown Norlane shopping strip.
Labuan Square’s grubby facade had for years attracted regular break-ins,...
Jobs expo to match employers with jobless
Geelong’s council has welcomed plans for a Jobs Expo in the city as lingering affects of the global financial crisis continue taking their toll...
From the Archives
16 years ago
July 10, 2009
Residents and local politicians fear the “Leopold pong” emitting from Lake Connewarre could have a huge impact on the natural...
