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Chopper flights in Lara war

By NOEL MURPHY Helipad plans have Lara residents up in arms with noise concerns. More than two dozen angry neighbours of Jamco’s Mills Rd premises have...

Trucks move to relieve residents

By NOEL MURPHY TRUCKING noise problems at Lara appear set to be eased with the relocation of Rocke Brothers’ operations to an industrial estate at...

70 find jobs as second-largest Coles opens at Lara

MORE than 70 people began new jobs when a new Coles supermarket opened at Lara this week. The company said the workers joined 40 existing...

Residents slam Lara truck racket

By NOEL MURPHY HEAVY trucks lugging shipping containers through household streets night and day have Lara residents up in arms. Hundreds of trucks have been travelling...

$320m farm jobs’ fast-track to delivery

A FUTURISTIC $320 million farm promising 1000 jobs for Geelong is on a fast-track to reality, according to its proponent. Sustainable Farms welcomed a council...

Balaclava bandits rob Lara bakery

UPDATE: POLICE continue to investigate an armed robbery which occurred at a bakery in Lara Monday early Monday. Detectives have scoured CCTV footage and now believe...

Residents fight plans for $100m pesticide plant at Lara

By NOEL MURPHY TWO hundred anxious Lara residents have petitioned City Hall over a new pesticide plant expected to generate 45 jobs and $100 million...

Lara man missing, hut burned, car empty

POLICE are appealing for public help to find missing Lara man Murray McMillan. Mr McMillan was last seen at his home address on 14 April and...

Stars shine with ‘Hamster’ at Lara

A STAR-STUDDED cast will entertain patrons of next week’s Lara Food & Wine Festival. Organisers said Masterchef’s Matt Preston, television presenter Catriona Rowntree and The...

Lara Mad Max plan

By NOEL MURPHY LARA wants to hitch its fortunes to a post-apocalyptic Mad Max future. The 1970s Mel Gibson road warrior, who spearheaded Australia’s assault on...

Lara West plans get nod … 12 months later

PLANS for a new Lara West suburb housing 10,000 people, revealed last February by The Independent, have been formalised by the State Government. The new...

Short stretch, big haul

By PAUL MILLAR MOTORISTS on the Princes Freeway between Lara and Little River are more likely to be fined for speeding than drivers anywhere else...

Fifteen arrested during theft operation

Fifteen people have been arrested during an ongoing police operation to address public order and anti-social behaviour in Geelong. Uniformed and plain-clothed police...

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