Radios tune into city thugs
Jane EmerickTwo-way radios were set to debut in Geelong nightclubs last night as the latest weapon in a crackdown on violence in the central...
Vic footy calling on final reserves
Peter FaragoVICTORIAN football is not dead yet.
For weeks the football media has speculated about the demise of the game in the sport’s heartland, given...
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...
Councillors try to douse anger. Entry backlash
Hamish HeardCouncillors yesterday sought to douse anger among northern suburbs residents about plans to direct tourists to Geelong’s Ballarat Road entrance.
The Independent last week...
Plea minister: stop those parking meters
Jane EmerickCommunity groups will demand the Planning Minister stop installation of parking meters at Torquay.
Surf Coast Community and Ratepayers Association will ask Justin Madden...
Dirty talk a turn off
Peter FaragoIn last week’s Independent former Liberal candidate for Bellarine Don Gibson said his party’s decision to run a clean campaign cost it November’s...
Trainer confident locals have plenty of punch
Hamish HeardA Torquay boxing trainer is confident his charges will deal some devastating blows at a Geelong tournament tomorrow night.
Ashley Lynch said three boxers...
All name, no shame
Peter FaragoSTATE Government is going to name the region’s top 200 industrial water users next year.
But is naming, and possibly shaming, big guzzlers of...
Local wharfies tag on to the age of terror
Andrew MathiesonTerrorism fears will lead to Geelong maritime workers wearing security tags for the first time.
The identification of workers at Geelong’s port will be...
Rates cover shortfall
Jane EmerickThe lowest state government funding in Victoria will push up Surf Coast Shire rates five per cent next year, according to officers and...
Wicket ways
Andrew MathiesonST JOSEPHS cricket stalwart Barry McFarlane stands on the pavilion decking at his clubrooms, looks across the windswept oval and has one thought...
”Goat track” keeping oldies out of The Dell
Andrew MathiesonA “goat track” access path has put Clifton Springs’ The Dell beach off limits to the elderly, according to residents.
They said residents were...
Running for cancer support
Runners will enjoy the beautiful scenery of the Barwon River in Geelong while raising money for a community group and cancer support.
The...
