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Bikinis from Israel online
Karen HartSWIMWEAR designer Ben Israel gives new meaning to the itsy bitsy, teenie weenie, yellow polka dot bikini
The selfconfessed beachcomber said he had hit...
Cashed-up council brews new scandal
By Geelong Story UpdatesSOME Geelong councillors are gluttons for punishment.
Not satisfied with the public flogging they received over the cashforcouncillors scandal, this week...
Footy could go. Water crisis sports threat
Hamish HeardTorquay footballers are facing a 2007 season without home games after a council decision to replace Spring Creek Reserve’s playing surface left it...
Shamed Grubbers to take holocaust lesson
Alex de VosOcean Grove footballers have agreed to visit Melbourne’s Holocaust Museum after allegedly attacking a Jewish man while on their way home from...
Badminton to the bone
Andrew MathiesonTHERE’S no hint of a giggle in the Sapwell household at the mention of shuttlecocks.
Badminton, to both Stan and Betty Sapwell, is serious...
Report: rockfalls ‘minor’
A scientific investigation had found controversial rockfalls during trial dredging of shipping channels near the Rip were “ecologically minor”, Port of Melbourne Corporation announced...
Luring customers central to plan for Gilbert Street traders
Gilbert Street traders are set to join forces to give their shopping strip a new lease on life ahead of a retail precinct opening...
We”ll struggle
Jane EmerickThe region’s pensioners would struggle to pay an increase of up to 100 per cent on water bills, a seniors group warned yesterday.
East...
Marine centre in fight for funding
Alex de VosA lack of funding could force Queenscliff’s Marine Discovery Centre to close its doors to children on school holidays.
The centre has blamed...
Dredging plan wins go-ahead
Andrew MathiesonDredging remains an environmental hazard despite a report giving the green light to a plan to deepen Port Phillip Bay shipping channels, according...
Mill Market ”on way”
Karen HartThe operator of Geelong’s Mill Markets says he will set up shop in Jan Juc.
Ian Ballis plans to open a second-hand goods market...
ALP ballot will be clean
BY ANDREW MATHIESONLABOR Party bosses have promised this weekend’s internal Corangamite vote will be clean of branch-stacking allegations.
Corangamite aspirants Christine Couzens, Peter McMullin and...
Two more years for music festival
Queenscliff Music Festival (QMF) will be held for at least another two years, the state government announced this week.
The festival will celebrate its 27-year...
