Regional body wasted
Rubbish, recycling controlled form Hamilton
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
BARWON Region Waste Management Group has been killed off in a State Government reshuffle.
The region’s waste management...
Local blokes put art and soul on display for a week
LOCAL blokes have put their souls on display in a week focusing on men’s health and wellbeing.
Blokes Week kicked off in Geelong on Monday...
Golfers chip in for McKellar Centre at 13th
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
IDEAL conditions greeted players in the Independent’s 19th annual McKellar Centre Charity Golf Day at 13th Beach Golf Course.
With 88 golfers,...
Lyons versus Gooden/City titles fight
By NOEL MURPHY
GEELONG Mayor Darryn Lyons and union leader Tim Gooden have jousted over Prime Minister Tony Abbott bringing back knighthoods and other mediaeval...
’Betrayal’ over aged care sale
By NOEL MURPHY
EMOTIONAL claims of betrayal and anxiety are flying as residents petition against the sale of Portarlington’s Ann Nichol House.
Bellarine Community Health (BCH)...
Creek housing to crowd Bells
By NOEL MURPHY
OPENING Spring Creek to developers could threaten iconic Bells Beach, activists have warned.
Surfing legend Maurice Cole told other Bells Beach Preservation Society...
Ex-MP puts region in the pictures
By NOEL MURPHY
GEELONG is no stranger to the focus of cinematic and television lens.
It’s been a popular location for all manner of movies, series,...
Author Zable hears our old stories
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
EVERYONE has a story and the older the person the richer the story.
So said famed Australian author, academic and human rights...
Extra fat ’good for the elderly’
BEING overweight might actually be healthier for the elderly, according to Geelong research.
Professor of nutrition and ageing at Deakin’s Waurn Ponds campus, Caryl Nowson,...
Coast’s Cloudy Sunday
By MICHELLE HERBISON
VIOLENT neighbours destroyed Cloud Control’s visions of undisturbed songwriting when the band borrowed a house on a small French island ahead of...
Grand weekend
GEELONG Cricket Club bowed out of the premier league finals in heartbreaking loss last weekend.
Set 219 to win by Footscray Edgewater, the Cats battled...
Warriors take on Box Hill in NPL
By JOSIP ZILIC
NORTH Geelong Warriors hosts Box Hill United at Lara’s Elcho Park in National Premier League Victoria round-two action this weekend.
The team’s maiden...
Safer waters for Queenscliff
Queenscliff community members can go swimming and boating in safer waters thanks to a new Coast Guard search and rescue vessel.
Marine Search...
