Coroner: father died after scan overlooked
Jane EmerickA 49yearold Bacchus Marsh father of five died after spending 12 hours at Geelong Hospital with a ruptured spleen, a coroner ruled yesterday.
But...
PM”s decendant visits home before demolition
Karen HartA DESCENDENT of Australia’s second Prime Minister has made a nostalgic visit to a Point Lonsdale home of greatgrandfather Alfred Deakin’s before its...
Port teacher slams “underdeveloped” label: “Our kids are fine”
BY ANDREW MATHIESONA Portarlington teacher has hit back at a study labelling the town’s kids as developmental underachievers.
Portarlington Kindergarten’s Marita Thurman said the below-average...
Dry month set to equal local record
Hamish HeardGeelong will have sweltered through its equal driest October on record unless clouds burst over the city this weekend.
Geelong Weather Services meteorologist Lindsay...
Vince’s Pacific hell
Andrew MathiesonAGE might be finally catching up with Vince Scanlon where the enemy wasn’t able to slow him down.
He’s now 95 and a...
Perils of Paulina over letterbox
By Geelong Story UpdatesAustralia Post is in a standoff with an elderly Little River woman over her letterbox.
Paulina Bartolo said the organisation had threatened...
Camp attack arrest
Jane EmerickPolice yesterday arrested a 45-year-old man in relation to an alleged sexual assault of a seven-year-old girl at a Torquay caravan park earlier...
Golfers tee off with legal action over club
Jane EmerickLegal threats are flying at Torquay Golf Club, with warring groups announcing legal action over an RACV takeover plan.
The legal bunfights have flared...
Accident, misses put heat on pilots
Andrew MathiesonQueenscliff’s sea pilots are under investigation after several close calls and a direct hit on a fishing boat in the past 18 months,...
ALP ballot will be clean
BY ANDREW MATHIESONLABOR Party bosses have promised this weekend’s internal Corangamite vote will be clean of branch-stacking allegations.
Corangamite aspirants Christine Couzens, Peter McMullin and...
1am lockout a “safety threat”
Hamish HeardA 1AM lockout of nightclubs will lead to more violence in central Geelong, according to an association of venue operators.
Geelong Nightlife Association...
Media mania fires our Amy
Andrew MathiesonHER star is still rising but Amy Parks is out to prove she’s more than just a pretty face.
Most notably, the...
Man, I feel like a woman
It’s up to Geelong to decide the queen of country music as ‘Man, I Feel Like A Woman’ coming to the city next month....
