Artefacts stall footpaths
ABORIGINAL artefacts have temporarily prevented work on a controversial footpaths project at Jan Juc, Surf Coast Shire has revealed.
A shire statement said work on...
Industry chief backs port bid
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
RULING out a proposal to build Victoria’s next port east of Geelong will cost taxpayers and industry “billions of dollars”, logistics...
Caddies reunion draws disco fans
By NOEL MURPHY
GEELONG'S hit nightclub of the ’70s and ’80s is boogying back to life.
DJ George Toppa has organised a one-night-only reunion of former...
Donors emerge
By MICHELLE HERBISON
St JOHN of God hospital has raised a third of its $1.5 million goal two weeks after announcing a community appeal to...
Incitec Pivot quiet on sell-off ‘speculation’
By NOEL MURPHY
INCITEC Pivot’s fertiliser operations could be sold off after the company posted half-year earnings $50 million less than expected, according to reports...
Peter’s footy song number one with epilepsy body
By NOEL MURPHY
AUSSIE Rules football, great sporting institution and cultural bedrock of a nation, occupies a special place in the heart of Corio singer-songwriter...
Police rule out probe into syringes
By MICHELLE HERBISON
POLICE have ruled out an investigation after about 150 syringes washed up on St Leonards and Indented Head beaches this week.
Portarlington Police...
FINALLY FRIDAY: Rings trilogy goes solo
By MICHELLE HERBISON
ONE man will re-enact the entire Lord of the Rings trilogy in just over an hour in a unique stage show coming...
FINALLY FRIDAY: Frankly, it’s Sinatra
By MICHELLE HERBISON
MORTGAGING his house in 1998 to pursue a show celebrating Frank Sinatra turned out to be a worthwhile risk for entertainer Tom...
Glide and seek
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
Travellers have become rather blasé about flying these days, hopping on and off commercial aircraft like a bus.
But flying at its...
East-west link ‘top poll issue’
By NOEL MURPHY
GEELONG’S number-one demand for the federal election should be securing funding for the western route of Melbourne’s east-west tollway link, according...
Hollie on a high with board study
By NOEL MURPHY
RESINS and fibres are probably the last things to go through the mind of skiers as they carve their way through their...
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Intersection will receive lights
Construction will soon begin on a Torquay intersection to improve road network safety and traffic management.
Surf Coast Shire Council decided, seven councillors to one,...
