JOIN THE CLUB: Club on right track at Corio
Off the rails: Laurie Mackinnon with his train set. Picture: Tommy Ritchie 74964JOHN VAN KLAVERENTHE fascination with trains is difficult to explain –...
Campaign ‘targeting bushfire arson’
Burnt: Member for Western Victoria Region David O’Brien, Crime Stoppers’ Peter Sprott and Geelong Police Acting Senior Sergeant Andrew Cornford spread the campaign message....
Study changes ‘hurt’ Gordon
JOHN VAN KLAVERENAPPLICATIONS to study at Geelong’s Gordon Institute of TAFE have fallen 27 per cent after a shake up in tertiary education, according...
Sport festival to test all abilities
Competitors: Renee Lane with brothers Ben and Tom at the bio lab. Picture: Tommy Ritchie 75706JOHN VAN KLAVERENGEELONG Multi Sport Festival caters for...
Barking mad over dog house: Tenant defends right to eight dogs
Pets aplenty: Narelle Roughley with two of her eight dogs. Picture: Tommy Ritchie 75754ERIN PEARSONA HOUSEHOLD with eight noisy dogs is driving Whittington residents...
1000 competitors here for 2012 Deaf Games
Having a ball: Grovedale’s Renee D’Offay competes in the Deaf Games. Picture: Tommy Ritchie 75749ERIN PEARSONMORE than 1000 hearing-impaired athletes competed in a 2012...
Armstrong Creek: Chain in talks for big store
JOHN VAN KLAVERENA NATIONAL chain is planning a major hardware and homewares store at Armstrong Creek’s Keystone Business Park, according to its director.
Trent Keirnan...
‘Shame file’ lists MP for expenses
JOHN VAN KLAVERENFEDERAL Member for Corio Richard Marles is among 82 parliamentarians who failed to verify expense claims, according to a Department of Finance...
Illegal burns put heat on safety, warns CFA
Fire threat: Gerry Verdoorn inspects dry grass at North Geelong. Picture: Tommy Ritchie 75868ERIN PEARSONGEELONG firefighters fear illegal burn-offs could spark major blazes across...
MP ‘win’ over pokie strategy
JOHN VAN KLAVERENCLUBS Australia’s campaign against pokie reforms in Geelong has backfired badly, according to Corangamite MP Darren Cheese-man.
Mr Cheeseman said he continued to...
Nelson school squeeze: ‘Penny-pinching’ to hurt disabled students
MICHELLE HERBISONGEELONG'S intellectually disabled senior students will be left without enough space after State Government acquires their Corio campus mid-year, according to their principal....
Unit ‘rushes’ in
On patrol: Operational Response Unit’s Sergeant Robert Jamieson, First Constable Simon Woodhouse and Constable Joshua Robinson with Corio Police Senior Sergeant Michael Reid. Picture:...
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Tolhurst steps down
Isabelle Tolhurst has resigned as Borough of Queenscliffe’s mayor, with councillor Ross Ebbels stepping in to take her place.
Cr Tolhurst announced her resignation as...
