Tag: News
‘Review’ targets indoor sport
JOHN VAN KLAVERENPOPULATION growth in Geelong and neighbouring councils has prompted a review of increased demand for indoor sports facilities, according to the city’s...
War stories lead to Anzac trip award for Zahn
Trip of a lifetime: Belmont High School principal Gary Schultz with Zahn Gane. ERIN PEARSONIT all began with a fascination for war heroes.
Now Belmont...
Cards from MPs waste of money, says birthday boy
Birthday greasings: Andrew Podolak with his offending birthday cards. ERIN PEARSONMOST people relish the delivery of a birthday card straight to their letterbox.
But Lara’s...
Two projects to house students in city centre
MICHELLE HERBISONTWO PLANS promise more than 80 student apartments to lead a revival of central Geelong.
Civic leaders have welcomed the proposals for Malop...
Safety ‘sanitising’ our playgrounds
AUSTRALIAN Safety Standards have “sanitised” Geelong’s playgrounds, according to a councillor.
Andy Richards said council playground upgrades during the past 10 years had focussed on...
Geelong firm’s $1.5m collapse
JOHN VAN KLAVERENA LONG-serving Geelong building supplies company has gone into liquidation with debts of $1.5 million.
Shareholders Leigh and Nigel Robinson voted to wind...
Tasers spark fear for Geelong teens
ERIN PEARSONARMING Geelong police with Taser stun guns could be fatal for teenagers, a legal service has warned.
Smart Justice for Young People’s Tiffany...
Costa urges youths to Read the Play on mental illness
Fair play: Frank Costa, councillor Rod Macdonald and Nathan Vardy launch Read the Play this week. A LOCAL youth health awareness program aims to...
Submissions slam VEC shire option
SUBMISSIONS to a review of Surf Coast Shire’s electoral structure have overwhelmingly favoured introduction of wards.
Most submissions on Victorian Electoral Commission’s preliminary recommendations supported...
Students’ dismay at garden attack
Trashed: Seb Pecar, 12, and Jarrod Winton, 13, inspect the garden damage. MICHELLE HERBISONAN attack on an indigenous garden “devastated” Point Lonsdale primary school...
FINALLY FRIDAY: Rowles about
Goodbye: John Rowles says his final farewell to Geelong at the end of the month.ERIN PEARSONJOHN Rowles was a fresh-faced and fancy free 17-year-old...
FINALLY FRIDAY: Band’s drive for heavy metal
Country boys: Parkway Drive is on a national tour, visiting Geelong this week.ERIN PEARSONA SUBURBAN-sounding name belies the death metal intensity of exciting Australian...
Grovedale wins, Titans on top
Independent photographer Ivan Kemp was at Lara to see Grovedale defeat Lara and at Armstrong Creek where the home side made 186 against Inverleigh...
