Alcoa closure to slam economy
By NOEL MURPHY
GEELONG’S economy could lose up to a quarter of a billion dollars if Alcoa is to close its Point Henry plant as...
Family fears for escapee’s safety
By PAUL MILLAR
POLICE have launched a manhunt for a troubled Geelong man - who fled a minimum security jail - fearing that he could...
Bio-tech cure for Geelong loss: Drug maker in Ford plan
By NOEL MURPHY
FORD’S North Geelong plant could be converted to a multi-million dollar pharmaceutical manufacturing site if a Sydney cell biologist has his way.
Managing...
FINALLY FRIDAY: Mi-Sex playing computer games
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
EIGHTIES rock icons Mi-Sex made a pact a couple of years ago.
"We will get together and perform at least a few...
FINALLY FRIDAY: Hugo’s local live music boost
By MICHELLE HERBISON
GEELONG'S music scene may have changed a lot over the 20 years since Hugo T Armstrong founded Queenscliff’s The Blues Train but...
Bird flu hits egg supply
By PAUL MILLAR
LOCAL egg producers are being inundated with calls to help make up a shortfall in supplies, following an outbreak of bird flu...
Keeping boats right side up
By PAUL MILLAR
BOAT owners will receive a few lessons in reality during an awareness campaign at the Ocean Grove boat ramp on Sunday.
The theme...
Cheesy mayor hams it up in new venture
By PAUL MILLAR
DARRYN Lyons, the mayor with attitude, is now a part-owner of Pizzas with Attitude.
The councillor with the rainbow plumage, however, said that...
‘Put our city up on big screen’
By PAUL MILLAR
LOCAL councillor Eddy Kontelj has floated the idea of erecting a big screen in the heart of the city to help revitalise...
SPORT: Finals charge on in earnest
By JIM TIMBERLAKE
CRICKET returns tomorrow after a two week Christmas break, with the Geelong Cricket Club well placed at the mid-point of the season...
SPORT: Summer’s sensational for saltwater action
By BRIAN LONG
SUMMER is the perfect time to hit the bays for some of the best saltwater action the region has to offer.
Over the...
SPORT: Lara boosts soccer cup
By PAUL MILLAR
VICTORIAN soccer’s longest running cup competition will take on a new look at the end of this month with ambitious local side,...
Shandelle seeks new musical horizons
Shandelle Cooke is one of Geelong’s best-loved performers, but the chanteuse is not content to rest on her laurels.
This month Cooke launches two new...
