Cup fever over top
Andrew MathiesonGeelong has gone over the top in its excitement abouter a bid to host World Cup soccer matches, according to one of the...
Retailer alarm at bus shelters plan
Jessica BentonPlans for bus shelters on Geelong’s Moorabool Street have confused traders.
Deane Etheredge, who owns Banjo’s Bakehouse on the corner of Moorabool and Little...
Cops bust three over drug haul
Alex de VosTorquay Police have charged three Surf Coast residents over the “significant” seizure of more than 50 marijuana plants.
Detective Sergeant Craig Blunt, from...
Unisex toilets earn approval this time
Alex de VosResidents and traders have welcomed Torquay’s first unisex toilet block despite community opposition forcing the abandonment of plans for a similar foreshore...
Grove sport shake-up
Jessica BentonCouncillors have thrown their weight behind an $8 million sports precinct plan for Ocean Grove.
City of Greater Geelong councillors voted this week to...
Candidate calls for review of foreshore maintenance cash ‘options’
Jessica BentonState Government should investigate options for increasing the revenue of foreshore manager Bellarine Bayside, according to an election candidate.
Liberal Bellarine candidate Kurt Reiter...
A time for youth
Andrew MathiesonSTANDING in front of a doorway at Barwon Youth’s head office, a troubled young man bumps into concerned staff members and starts explaining...
Fire season set for early finish cool weather douses danger
Andrew MathiesonUNSEASONAL cool weather could end the region’s fire season six weeks early this year despite ongoing warnings of bushfire.
Acting CFA region seven...
The carnival’s not over for school
Will ThomsonSOUTH Geelong Primary School’s carnival is set to make a triumphant return next week after a four-year absence.
Building works had put the grounds...
Noise plan too late for leader
Jessica BentonGOVERNMENT plans to cut truck noise on Geelong’s bypass have come too late for a former Waurn Ponds resident.
Kevin Brownlee initiated a petition...
Top cop fears free water could flow to drug use
Andrew MathiesonGEELONG’S top cop fears drug use would rise under a State Government plan to introduce free water into licensed premises.
State Government plans to...
Dislocated jaw agony drags on nine months
Andrew MathiesonA MOTHER of two has spent nine months eating through a straw while waiting for treatment at Geelong Hospital.
The hospital has twice postponed...
Shandelle seeks new musical horizons
Shandelle Cooke is one of Geelong’s best-loved performers, but the chanteuse is not content to rest on her laurels.
This month Cooke launches two new...
