Tag: News
Scenes of tragedy still haunting Bill
Seen too much: Bill Verheyen with wife Jan, holding a picture of sister Doreen West, who died in a car accident. JOHN VAN KLAVERENSIXTEEN-year...
Office talks ‘continue’
JOHN VAN KLAVERENCITY Hall is still in negotiations to buy Geelong’s tax office building after its owner put the building on the open market,...
Agents caught out on illegal fees for renters
JOHN VAN KLAVERENRENTERS have been paying illegal charges for direct debit dishonour fees, agencies in the Geelong region have admitted.
Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal...
Donation to Jirrahlinga just what the doctor ordered
Got patients: Tehree Gordon with Hi-Way Crane Trucks’ Guy Otway in the new hospital with a Jirrahlinga tenant. ERIN PEARSONA MELBOURNE animal shelter...
Forgotten hero found: Our first fighter pilot’s ‘splendid dash’
Air hero: Peter Munster with a picture of Bellarine Peninsula war hero Tom Burkett. TOM BENNETTA FORGOTTEN hero of the Great War has been...
Motor sport complex waiting on race track talks
JOHN VAN KLAVERENAUTHORITIES have yet to consult the region’s only facility with a motor sports permit about plans for a $250 million race track...
Coach donation a ray of Sunshine for youths’ new start
All aboard: Newstart graduates inspect the program’s new bus.TOM BENNETTA GEELONG program keeping at-risk youth out of trouble has a new set of wheels...
Cleaner strike action raises stink at Avalon
ERIN PEARSONCLEANERS at Avalon Airport will strike from this Friday over an ongoing pay dispute, union officials have warned.
United Voice said passengers would pass...
MP and clubs in pokies fight
JOHN VAN KLAVERENPROPOSED spending limits on pokies players will cost the community hundreds of thousands of dollars in support, according to local not-for-profit sports...
Man ‘choked’ in Moorabool attack
ERIN PEARSONA VICIOUS assault in central Geelong left a 21-year-old Leopold man in hospital on Tuesday, according to police.
Constable Tracey Wagner said police were...
Mad men
Bell Post Hill football players add a splash of colour to central Geelong this week during traditional end-of-season Mad Monday celebrations.
Imaging price ‘war’
JOHN VAN KLAVERENA PUBLICLY funded radiography service is significantly undercutting private competitors in Geelong, according to an industry operator.
Lake Imaging operations director Craig Lightfoot...
Shandelle seeks new musical horizons
Shandelle Cooke is one of Geelong’s best-loved performers, but the chanteuse is not content to rest on her laurels.
This month Cooke launches two new...
