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Jail for bashing patron

12/12/2013

BY MICHELLE HERBISON TWO former employees of a central Geelong nighclub have received suspended jail sentences for affray and recklessly causing serious injury following a...

FINALLY FRIDAY: Ol’ boys to rock at RSL

12/12/2013

By MICHELLE HERBISON GEELONG RSL will host a “rollicking night of rock and roll and controlled mayhem” with stage stars Frankie J Holden and Wilbur...

JOIN THE CLUB: Country club’s making music

12/12/2013

BY JOHN VAN KLAVEREN THE LOVE of a bit of twang accompanied by some slide guitar has made an enormous contribution to the Geelong community. While...

Locals of all ages caught playing up in book

12/12/2013

A NEW book documents Geelong residents of all ages playing up. Geelong based charity Bluebird Foundation commissioned Playing Up to explore human development through games...

Lyons on steep learning curve

12/12/2013

By NOEL MURPHY HIS FEET have hardly touched the ground since being propelled into Geelong’s mayoral office but Darryn Lyons is doing little to ease...

V/Line charges $27K too much

12/12/2013

By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN HUNDREDS of Geelong rail commuters are out of pocket an average $17.45 each after V/Line overcharged on date-to-date tickets, according to...

Special force targets local firebugs

12/12/2013

By NOEL MURPHY POLICE have placed local firebugs on notice with a ramped up assault on deliberately-lit bushfires this summer. Specially-trained officers across Geelong and the...

SPORT: Cats form threat to place in eight

12/12/2013

BY JIM TIMBERLAKE GEELONG Cricket Club went down to Prahran then Essendon in a disastrous Twenty20 double header at Warrnambool last Saturday. The Cats batsman failed...