Bequest for stroke research
By Luke Voogt
Belmont’s Nancy Jagger hopes her bequest to the Stroke Foundation will one day get lifesaving research over the line.
Nancy made the...
This Girl’s on fire
By Luke Voogt
Veteran Australian performer Rachael Beck will celebrate her career and new album This Girl with her latest solo show in Geelong next...
Top role for ‘shy’ boy
By Luke Voogt
Geelong’s Robert Tripolino battled bullies and rejection to pursue his childhood love of dance.
But his persistence would instead see him become an...
Boost for performing arts
Another 100 construction jobs are about to begin in central Geelong after a Melbourne firm won a contract to redevelop the city’s performing arts...
‘DNA’ key to cutting crime
Police launched an Australia-first burglary prevention trial - the brainchild of Geelong’s top cop - in Norlane on Tuesday.
Victoria Police Assistant Commissioner Tess Walsh...
Fence failings
By Luke Voogt
A Grovedale woman has won a two-year legal battle with a local company after it built a “defective” fence around her property.
The...
Partners in pedalling
By Mandy Oakham
Geelong cyclists are wheely, wheely happy about a new $1.4 million facility which will provide a new home base for the region’s...
Call to bring finals home
By Mandy Oakham
Geelong football fans are manning up to prove they will bleed blue and white for their beloved cats.
Supporters are angry with a...
Books are child’s play
Book Week celebrations kicked off in style at Child’s Play with staff and students donning whacky outfits from the children’s favourite stories.
Karren Canny, Bec...
Overlords to monitor new councillors
By Luke Voogt
The State Government plans to monitor Geelong’s new council are “a massive vote of no confidence” in the city’s residents, according to...
Rejection blow for rehab clinic
By Luke Voogt
A rehab business has failed to win funding for an “innovative” private-public clinic from the State Government.
Habitat Therapeutics director Jim Tatlock met...
Agonies of alcohol
By Luke Voogt
When Mary* stabbed her husband in a drunken blackout in 1982, it ended her drinking for good.
“I’m very lucky that I didn’t...
Pirates rebound from close loss
After a thrilling one-shot loss to Belmont in round 4, Portarlington rebounded strongly against north Bellarine neighbour St Leonards in a match that didn’t...
