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Finally, clouds in sight for growers

Jane EmerickFarmers across the Geelong region are welcoming May rain that experts predict to top the average this month. Geelong Weather Services Lindsay Smail said...

Third dies after freeway smash

The third victim of a Princes Freeway head-on collision has died in hospital. The 19-year-old Point Cook man died in Royal Melbourne Hospital on Wednesday...

Frank’s men to vote on proposal

Andrew MathiesonCouncillors who accepted campaign donations from Geelong Football Club president Frank Costa have vowed to vote on his controversial proposal for a homemaker...

Cats in unfamiliar territory

Andrew MathiesonA NEW ground and unfamiliar surroundings provide the biggest threats to derailing Geelong’s early season momentum. The Cats have bounced back from an earlyseason...

TV channel all go as hits on website build

Hamish HeardGeelong’s first TV station has won recognition as a world leader in internet television broadcasting a month after its launch. GOTV director Adam Tribe...

Butts targeted as indoor ban approaches

By Geelong Story UpdatesA new campaign hopes to combat an expected surge in cigarette butt litter across the region when a ban on smoking...

Society could become history without home

Karen HartTORQUAY Historical Society could fold if it fails to find a permanent home soon, according to its president. Spencer Leighton said members were “dropping...

Kindy ”lunch Nazis”

Hamish Heard“Lunchbox Nazis” are confiscating snacks such as fruit juice and muesli bars from kinder kids’ lunchboxes in a pilot program enforcing healthy eating. An...

He’s putting some pork on our forks

Andrew MathiesonPOMP and ceremony is all in a night’s work for Erik Hemmann. The owner and head chef at the Rheingold cellar restaurant changes into...

CFA warning of horrific bushfires this summer

Hamish HeardPREDICTIONS of a horrific bushfire season around Geelong have sparked fears of a deadly summer, the region’s fire chief has warned. Country Fire Authority...

Sensis: opportunity on the menu at Lara

Hamish HeardEntrepreneurs hoping to open a restaurant in City of Greater Geelong should start scoping vacant sites at Lara. That was the advice Sensis...

Plans for market and museum at Rose site

Karen HartTHE operator of North Geelong’s Mill Markets wants to set-up shop on the site of Jan Juc’s Rose Restaurant. Ian Ballis said his...

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Taking the road less travelled

Kate Hanley Corley didn’t take the usual route to a career of comedy, if such a thing exists. Born and raised in Geelong, Hanley Corley...