Tag: News
Police preparing show of strength
Out in force: Inspector Chris Gawne and Superintendent Paul Pottage with other members preparing for summer crackdown.ERIN PEARSONPOLICE will present a united front across...
Taxis’ secret ‘10% sting’
ERIN PEARSONGEELONG taxis are slugging unwitting passengers a 10 per cent service fee for EFTPOS payments, an Independent investigation has discovered.
The taxis fail to...
Montpellier students in ‘friendly’ challenge for Superkidz triathlon
Ready to go: Montpellier Primary School students Ella,12, Lara,11, and Ellie, 11, are on their marks for the Superkidz triathlon. MORE than a few...
Cruelty ‘shocks shelter’: Bow-ow and mee-ow for punished pooches, mauled moggies
Cruel Christmas: Belinda Russo with injured Bronson at the Moolap shelter.ERIN PEARSONAN INFLUX of brutally injured animals has shocked Geelong Animal Welfare Society, according...
FINALLY FRIDAY: Cast into future
Ironed out: Geelong band Cast Iron Pinata is enjoying early success. ERIN PEARSONTHE future is what you make it, according to Geelong rock...
FINALLY FRIDAY: Kenobi’s got to be kidding
Kidding around: Kid Kenobi plays Geelong this weekend.ERIN PEARSONHE’S visited some of the world’s most amazing places and DJed atop the greatest festival stages...
JOIN THE CLUB: History lessons
Back in the days: Geelong Historical Society’s Ferg Hamilton, Rob Craddock, Freda Craddock. JOHN VAN KLAVERENA GROUP of people in Geelong is busy making...
Bar bashing knocks out victim
Ouch: The cut on the victim’s head.A MAN bashed unconscious with a metal bar in Geelong had seven stitches applied to a “large laceration”...
Bore halt call as triggers hit
ERIN PEARSONA LAND Care group has called on Barwon Water to stop tapping an Anglesea borefield.
Land and Water Resources in the Otway Catchment’s vice-president...
Rubbish costs, trucks ‘to rise’
JOHN VAN KLAVERENA COUNCIL plan to close Corio’s tip will increase costs for garbage collectors, according to waste management companies.
Council will also lose one...
Local women’s tales of desperation and triumph in new book: Our Cross to bear
Twenty tales: Lorraine Gross and Dorothy O’Donnell with the new book. ERIN PEARSONSHE started out helping educate children about Red Cross more than 40...
Vines Rd ‘model for projects’
A SHARED Western Heights College and community redevelopment could become a blueprint for other areas, according to Geelong Mayor John Mitchell.
Cr Mitchell and Education...
Absurd and risqué comedy
Kate Hanley Corley will compare histories of parenting while exploring her Geelong roots in her signature absurd and risqué style of comedy.
The...
