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Cemetery Telstra tower protest march hits the streets

By PAUL MILLAR An historic Geelong cemetery, regarded as “sacred to the community” was the wrong place for a Telstra tower and the telecommunications giant...

Black spots fix promised

By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN A long-awaited fix for mobile black spots along the Geelong rail line has finally been announced by state government. An $18 million...

Double take

Transferring business names to the digital platform can be dicey, especially when it comes to creating a website name or email address. Sometimes the new...

Students walk to school

Geelong primary kids have walked around the world twice in a month, according to new data. Well, that was the equivalent distance they travelled on...

Little River property searched in police raid

By ALANA MITCHELSON A Little River property was searched as part of a series of police raids targeting drugs in Melbourne’s north-west yesterday morning. Divisional Response...

Search for new motorcross site continues

A replacement site for motocross in the region has still not been found, almost a year after the search began. Council’s alliance group G21 announced...

China spurs tourism boom

By PAUL MILLAR Geelong and the Bellarine are major drawcards for international visitors to Australia and Victoria is driving a tourism fightback with a massive...

Honeymoon sun

By Lindsay Smail The end of November marked another below-average month for rain across the Geelong region. Except for a small area around Lismore,...

Leading hospitals join forces

Geelong’s two largest hospitals have agreed to work together in a landmark relationship agreement. Barwon Health and St John of God Health Care said the...

Forum to rethink relationship attitudes

By ALANA MITCHELSON A raised awareness for domestic violence in recent times has meant there are more supports available for women, but often there are...

Study buddies have refugee kids feeling like the laptop of luxury

By ALANA MITCHELSON A Corio church is calling for financial donations towards buying laptops for their weekly homework club that supports local refugee children. Members of...

The fifth turkey

A Christmas Turkey will be a change of pace for Olga Useli and her family after winning one in the Indy’s popular competition. "When I...

Late rally gives Titans a chance

An unbroken 60-run partnership between brothers Daniel and Jack Maclean has given Armstrong Creek’s bowlers something to defend against Barwon Heads. On day one of...

Geelong water boost