Extra cash ‘to expand legal help for needy’
By PAUL MILLAR
A GEELONG legal service for the disadvantaged and victims of crime has received a major funding boost.
Barwon Community Legal Service will receive...
Portarlington mini-railway ‘back on track for summer’
By PAUL MILLAR
VOLUNTEERS expect a green light in time to re-open Portarlington’s mini-railway for summer’s tourism surge.
The Rotary Club of Drysdale ran the popular...
Bellarine community group launches appeal to cover servo costs
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
A FUND-RAISING appeal will seek to cover the legal costs of a community group that lost its bid to stop a...
$1.3m ‘farm’ at Leopold to train jobless, disabled
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
HUMAN services organisation Encompass is planning a $1.3 million training facility at its rural property in Leopold.
The multi-purpose shared use training...
Event ‘breaks sustinable tradition’
THE growing popularity of sustainability on the Surf Coast has spawned a new event, Build Grow Live
Surf Coast Energy Group (SCEG) and Danawa Community...
Local tears for gutted church
By PAUL MILLAR
LOCALS young and old wept in the street when an intended day of celebration turned into their Ash Wednesday as Bannockburn’s historic...
Piles of horror with ‘wedding’
By PAUL MILLAR
SOMETHING always goes wrong at a wedding, from the toppled cake to the torn bridal dress.
But a forthcoming wedding at Queenscliff’s Vue...
Museum raises the baa with flock
THOUSANDS of participants have helped Geelong’s National Wool Museum muster the world’s largest flock of hand-made pompom sheep.
The museum thanked “pompom drovers” from around...
Gunman questioned over crime spree
By PAUL MILLAR
A 35-YEAR-old Geelong man has been arrested after a terrifying spate of armed robberies across the city this week.
It’s alleged that...
Historic Bannockburn church blaze
By PAUL MILLAR
AN HISTORIC Catholic church in the heart of Bannockburn has been badly damaged in a fire overnight.
Fire crews were called to the...
It’s just a T-shirt storm in a teacup
“It’s just a t-shirt.”
With those words the bulk of Geelong’s social media commentary dismissed the controversy surrounding Mayor, Darryn Lyons and his “naked woman”...
Lives in the balance: Dying for an ambo
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
HEART attack and car accident victims face some of the state’s longest or shortest waits for ambulances depending on where they...
Council to refresh SRC policy
Community members can now have an impact on how the council charges residents directly for small local infrastructure projects.
City of Greater Geelong has begun...
