Intervention comes too late as three men suffer lonely deaths
By PAUL MILLAR
AN ELDERLY man died in Geelong Hospital yesterday, days after the body of his carer son was found by a relative in...
Gripes over new bus routes, timetables
By NOEL MURPHY
NEW bus routes have left Highton residents high and dry - unable to readily get to doctors, banks or shops, MP Andrew...
Still got the blues for arts grants
BLUES icon Wayne Jury wasn’t exactly busking when he set up his trusty guitars at City Hall this week.
Rather, he was lending his...
Flu-fighters in big donor plea
By NOEL MURPHY
CALLING all Johns, Jennifers, Jessicas and ... well, it doesn’t matter what name, the Red Cross blood service is after anyone willing...
Buckets and bouquets
BOUQUETS to Ana at Geelong West library. Your conscientiousness is exemplary. You actively seek to help patrons and nothing seems too much trouble.
Geriatric, Herne...
Red Whyte’s not drowning, but exhibiting instead …
By NOEL MURPHY
“SOMEONE was definitely trying to grab that night,” says Red Whyte of the surf dumping that inspired his latest artistic efforts.
Crunched good...
Hayley adds a new strand to CV
GROVEDALE hairdressing whirlwind Hayley Parker has added another strand to her impressive achievements.
Featured in the latest edition of Geelong Coast magazine, Hayley has won...
Spare meals become a battlers helping hand
By PAUL MILLAR
SPARE Meals Geelong, a non-judgemental team of 20 volunteers, has been helping battlers with about 150 family's fed a week on average.
Carin Shiell, a...
Danger game for Cats
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
GEELONG players went through a tough contested football training session this week as the side prepared to face Adelaide away after...
Cops impound Merc after 130kmh Corio chase
A CORIO man has lost the keys to his silver Mercedes after a high-speed drive in Norlane this afternoon.
Central State Highway Patrol members...
Man jumps, disappears, in Barwon river
POLICE are searching for a man they believe jumped into the Barwon river from the James Harrison Bridge.
Geelong police sighted the man at...
Logie nominee Georgia Chara debuts Geelong
By EMILY IANNELLO
LOCAL star and recent Logie nominee Georgia Chara will make her stage debut in her hometown.
The Bellbrae local is best known for...
Bringing Greece to Portarlington
A new festival celebrating Greek culture will be held in Portarlington during the upcoming Melbourne Cup Weekend.
The festival will feature Greek...
