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Missing man may be with ‘homeless’
Daniel O’KeefeERIN PEARSONA MISSING Highton man could be living among homeless people after disappearing last Friday, according to police.
Sergeant Adam Forehan said police and...
Electric ute gives backyarder Peter a charge
Revved up: Peter Reeves with his battery-powered Rodeo ute.MOVING from a V12 speedway car to an homemade electric ute was a dramatic sacrifice of...
OPENING BID: ‘Investment’ hot suburbs
Charting: Staff from Harcourts Geelong office are selling more Geelong and Whittington properties to Melbourne and interstate buyers. KIM WATERSGEELONG and Whittington have made...
Burqa protest blasted
ERIN PEARSONA GEELONG man behind a national campaign to ban burqas has denied racist motivations for his Facebook initiative.
But the Ban the Burqa Day...
City warning on bat ‘virus’
JOHN VAN KLAVERENGEELONG residents must stay away from flying foxes after one of the animals was discovered carrying a deadly virus in Melbourne, authorities...
Ex-Dimmeys building to become arts hub in city centre
Internalised: Portarlington’s Bec Fary, Geelong’s Stephanie Tribe and Highton’s Ben Neoh get a feel for the disused Malop Street building. JOHN VAN KLAVERENA DISUED...
Bank on target in push for backers
KIM WATERSINVESTMENT in a proposed Barwon Heads community bank almost doubled in the past week but is still $170,000 short of target, according a...
‘Parking anger’ at streetscape works
Squeezed out: Ernie Thompson and Moya Hughes inspect the parking situation in central Portarlington. KIM WATERSA STREETSCAPE upgrade has produced a “parking shemozzle”...
Two in ‘talks’ to buy offices
ERIN PEARSONTWO prospective buyers are in talks to buy Surf Coast Shire’s Torquay offices site, according to its selling agent.
Colliers International commercial property specialist...
Coast knit wits on display in beanie festival
Stitched up: Pat Belton, at front, with, from left, Jeanette Jones, Judith McPhail, Claire Crameri and Tess Cassar.ERIN PEARSONTORQUAY'S Gilbert Street will come alive...
FINALLY FRIDAY: Corio country coup
Gateway gig: James Blundell performs with Catherine Britt next month.ERIN PEARSONCORIO will become a hub of country music next month when two of Australia’s...
FINALLY FRIDAY: Smooth Sayer
One man band: Leo Sayer plays Geelong next week.ERIN PEARSONJULIA Gillard and Barrack Obama should be rock and roll managers, according to international pop...
Stengle out, Cat to debut
Star Geelong forward Tyson Stengle is out of Saturday's AFL game against Richmond for family reasons, with George Stevens to make his senior debut.
The...
