Call for EES on new Lonsdale homes plan
Andrew MathiesonA PEAK environmental group has called for an environmental effects study before council considers an ageing Point Lonsdale shell grit mine for residential...
Breaking up is hard to do
Peter FaragoA PLAN to break the Bellarine Peninsula from City of Greater Geelong council is a popular idea for many residents of the region...
Walkers stepping out for health and coffee
Jane EmerickWalk for the health benefits but, more importantly, walk for the coffee.
That’s the message a Torquay walking group is using to urge other...
Snake seized
Hamish HeardAuthorities yesterday labelled the Geelong region Victoria’s illegal reptile capital after investigators swooped on a hotel to seize an exotic snake, drugs and...
Footy could go. Water crisis sports threat
Hamish HeardTorquay footballers are facing a 2007 season without home games after a council decision to replace Spring Creek Reserve’s playing surface left it...
Horse shame grows
Hamish HeardSeveral horse owners face criminal charges after RSPCA inspectors investigated more than 150 animal cruelty complaints across the Geelong region last month.
RSPCA Victoria...
Brave new world on doorstep
Peter FaragoTHE FIRST residents to move into Geelong’s newest suburb will be encouraged to walk a mile in their own shoes, according to plans...
Torquay loses lib leader Humphrey
Jane EmerickTorquay Liberals have lost their leader.
Councillor Ron Humphrey has “stepped down” as president without an immediate successor.
Cr Humphrey said council...
Victims’ stroke of luck
A GEELONG support group for stroke survivors is reaching out for new members.
Group president John Sheaf said the group offered emotional refuge to stroke...
Commonwealth to Bracks on next bypass stage
The Commonwealth will reject Premier Steve Bracks’s funding plea on the fourth stage of Geelong’s bypass, a Liberal party source told the Independent yesterday.
The...
VCAT snuffs out mill retail
Peter FaragoA STATE planning tribunal has blocked retail sales of household furniture, collectibles and clothing at North Geelong’s controversial former Mill Markets site.
Victorian Civil...
Bellarine bounty
Alex de VosLabor has offered a $10.5 million bounty in Bellarine-specific election promises compared to a Liberal list worth $7.3 million, according to last-minute...
Out & about at the beach
It was a stinker on Monday, but Voice photographer Ivan Kemp went to Ocean Grove main beach early, as did many others, before it...
