City squashing hikes into budget
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
Playing squash will be cheaper for the next 12 months but most other Geelong council charges will increase, draft budget papers...
Geelong fiesta to save kids in Brazil
Brazilian children at risk of sexual exploitation will benefit from a new event in Geelong.
Charity A2B (Australia to Brazil) will stage Latin Fiesta next...
Cranes set for the skyline
Work on Geelong’s tallest building has officially begun.
Demolition of existing buildings on the site began this week to make way for the $120 million,...
High standard of learning experiences
Bell Park North Primary School is a well-established P-6 school servicing the Geelong suburb of Bell Park.
Staff strongly believe that effective teaching and...
Pathways beyond school
Creating positive futures is the key message being given to students at Newcomb Secondary College as they embark on their new P-TECH (Pathways in...
More community agency mergers
Further consolidation of Geelong human services agencies is on the cards as Bethany Community Support and Geelong Kindergarten Association (GKA) propose to merge.
The agencies...
Landmark hotel in $25m sale
Landmark Geelong hotel the Mercure is on the market, with a price expected to reach around $25 million.
Kildair Hotels Group has moved to sell...
Police seek tip on woman with tips
A woman is believed to have stolen a tips jar in a cafe burglary at Mt Duneed, police allege.
She is also thought to have...
Latest accolade for young achiever
By LUKE VOOGT
Geelong teenager Sarah Kenworthy won yet another accolade for her volunteer work in Uganda at the Victorian Young Achiever Awards this month.
Sarah...
Money floods in to fight killer disease
By LUKE VOOGT
Leopold’s Chris Hall has smashed his goal to raise $1500 for motor neuron disease research (MND) this year after raising $3554 in...
Reservoir searched in murder investigation
Taskforce Purana detectives spent Monday searching for evidence at a reservoir in Myrniong near Ballan as part of the investigation into the murder of...
More koala culls in Cape Otway
Wildlife officers will try again to relieve the pressure on the koala overpopulation at Cape Otway through culls and fertility control, the State Government...
Find your new best friend at GAWS
Geelong Animal Welfare Society (GAWS) has reminded potential cat buyers that kittens are not just for Christmas.
The not-for-profit organisation, which received nearly 60 kittens...
