Music festival to rock March
BY MICHELLE HERBISON
MOTOR City Music Festival is now inviting applications from local bands and market stalls to get involved in the inaugural event at...
Fighting fit after heart transplant
By MICHELLE HERBISON
TWELVE months of boot camp and personal training has left Bell Park’s Kelly Hodgson feeling healthier than ever after a heart transplant....
Local tech jobs going Sky high
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
GEELONG-based Sky Software will create 40 jobs in a new global support centre for sales of its growing student management system,...
JOIN THE CLUB: Veterans riding high with club
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
OLD CYCLISTS never die, they just re-tyre.
That’s the motto at Geelong Veteran’s Cycling Club, at any rate, where any number of...
FINALLY FRIDAY: Sounds Sweet
By MICHELLE HERBISON
REPRESENTING Australia in a Memphis blues challenge was an emotional experience for Geelong’s Felicia Sowinski.
“I was this crazy crying Australia lady....
FINALLY FRIDAY: Murray’s Feelers out for Wooly
BY MICHELLE HERBISON
PETE MURRAY watched on via Skype as the Bulgarian Symphony Orchestra practiced and recorded his beloved songs from 2003 hit album, Feeler....
Suburban fear as heights rise
By NOEL MURPHY
FOUR-STOREY buildings allowed under rezoning plans have triggered a wave of protest across Geelong.
City Hall will enact State Government planning changes that...
A toast as 200-meeting milestone mastered
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
FOR an activity still rated as a fate worse than death, a Geelong Toastmasters group has done well to achieve a...
Shell quiet on global visitors
By NOEL MURPHY
SHELL Australia is tightlipped about possible buyers for its Corio refinery following reports of Asian and American customers visiting the site in...
Grants program’s $75K of pre-Chrissie cheer
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
SEVEN Leopold-based community organisations received some early Christmas cheer, sharing $75,000 in grants from Leopold Community Bank.
Community liaison manager Marg McFadyen...
Firm hunts sites to host wind turbines
By NOEL MURPHY
LEGAL action against development of a King Island wind farm to service Geelong has failed to stop Hydro Tasmania pushing ahead with...
Norlane cam’s fines up again
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
GEELONG'S highest-grossing red light camera is slugging motorists $400,000 every three months, according to latest figures.
The Justice Department figures show fines...
New president for Torquay Lions
Lions Club of Torquay has a new president.
Colin Bellis handed over the role to Ross Yapp for the 2024-26 year at its changeover event...
