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Sounds of youth at Celtic festival
Youngsters: The Simpson Three.HAMISH BROOKSA FOCUS on youthful performers has paid dividends for Portarlington’s National Celtic Festival, according to organiser Una McAlinden.
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FINALLY FRIDAY: Powers of hypnosis in mind games at Sphinx
Look into my eyes: Peter Powers performs at The Sphinx this weekend.ERIN PEARSONLIFE was never going to be nine-to-five for international hypnotist Peter Powers....
Call to review battlers’ rents
JOHN VAN KLAVERENVICTORIAN Public Tenants Association has gone into bat for Geelong battlers facing rent hikes totalling $70 in 12 months.
Coordinator Jackie Dacey said...
Hellos becomes goodbyes for Fisher
Vale Reg Fisher.JOHN VAN KLAVERENREG Fisher was a familiar face around central Geelong as membership officer for the city’s chamber of commerce and business...
Friends meet in the gardens
Garden variety: Highton’s Ron Mole works on the friends’ nursery project. JOHN VAN KLAVERENGARDENING could be the oldest hobby in the world, considering Adam...
Boost security, traders urged: Cops ‘working overtime’ tackling Geelong crime wave
Inspector Chris GawneERIN PEARSONSHOP owners must take action to protect themselves amid soaring burglary rates in Geelong, according to the city’s top cop.
Inspector Chris...
Jackie ‘beats pain with roller derby’
High roller: Jackie Lord in her roller derby alter ego of Boneyard Betsy. KIM WATERSTHE ROUGH and tumble of Geelong’s roller derby should...
City ‘leads’ in office market
JOHN VAN KLAVERENGEELONG'S office rental market is the strongest in regional Australia, according to new data from valuer Opteon Victoria.
Commercial services director Todd Devine...
City student boost
ERIN PEARSONAN EXTRA 2000 Deakin University students will help boost business in central Geelong, according to Mayor John Mitchell.
He welcomed the university’s plan to...
Geelong’s funky squad set to boogie at Pier party
Flashback: Tyrepower’s Greg Plumridge, European Affairs’ Paul Loughnan, Forty Winks’ Leigh Keen, the Independent’s Sam McKenzie and LP Communications’ Alycia Redman get into the...
Head ‘kicked like a football’
KIM WATERSA GEELONG man who kicked a victim’s head “like a football” during an assault was acting in self-defence, a court heard this week....
One jailed, three free on Nightingale death
KIM WATERSA MAN who fatally shot Corio father Brock Nightingale will spend up to 11 years in jail, a judge ruled this week.
But three...
Newcomb powers to important win
Independent photographer Ivan Kemp was at Grinter Reserve on Saturday to see the Newcomb Power host and defeat Drysdale by four goals.
