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Marina encores her prior engagements

By MICHELLE HERBISON MARINA Prior refuses to meet friends for coffee if they have even a hint of a cold. Such is the rigorous health routine...

FINALLY FRIDAY: A rollocking romp

By MICHELLE HERBISON CHEMISTRY came easily for Red Stitch Theatre’s Ella Caldwell and Ben Prendergast when they first worked together intimately in a romantic comedic...

Classic Cats centenarian

By NOEL MURPHY CATS fans don’t come much more dedicated than diehard Alice Johnston. At 103 years old, the great grandmother from Queensland’s Sunshine Coast makes...

Louie the fly aims to spread a cure

By NOEL MURPHY LOUIE the Fly, that Aussie TV fixture of the 1960s, would be thrilled with the work going on at Deakin University right...

Northern breakthrough at new children’s centre

By CHERIE DONNELLAN A NORLANE-based childcare and family centre set to open in 2015 will be “nothing like the north (of Geelong) has seen in...

Digital televsion makes airwaves as signal winds up

By CHERIE DONNELLAN GEELONG and Bellarine residents using analog televisions without digital set-top boxes will lose transmission from next Wednesday. The Digital Switchover Taskforce will upgrade...

Region set for people boom

By NOEL MURPHY IMAGINE Geelong with a population of 500,000 - twice what it is today. For many people, this regional megalopolis is something they will...

Buckets & Bouquets

BUCKETS to the driver who left a rude note complaining about my parking skills on my windscreen at Waurn Ponds Shopping Centre. You wouldn’t...

State’s road warriors

By NOEL MURPHY GEELONG’S two most senior State MPs are at odds with Geelong’s leading government advisor on its top priority for Geelong - Melbourne’s...

Billion $ boom

By NOEL MURPHY GEELONG is undergoing a massive billion-plus building boom as it shakes off its manufacturing doldrums and steers toward a new technology and...

Need for help rising too fast

By CHERIE DONNELLAN THE region’s housing assistance falls well short of demand, a Barwon homelessness services coordinator has admitted. Barwon Housing and Homelessness Support Service’s Andrew...

Cattery aims to curb growing feral felines

By NOEL MURPHY A NEW shelter for stray and feral cats is poised to tackle head-on what animal welfare staff say is a massive and...

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Take mum on a journey

Orchestra Geelong embarks on a musical journey this Mother’s Day, and everyone is invited. Journeys: Across this and other worlds aims to take the audience...