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8 years ago - August 17 to 30, 2016

8 years ago

August 17 to 30, 2016

Kingston estate residents who shivered through two gas outages last month will be relieved to know that new pipelines are being installed by their gas supplier, AusNet.

The outages, which left dozens of households without heating or hot water on two bitterly cold nights, should now be a thing of the past with AusNet Services increasing gas capacity to Ocean Grove with the construction of an alternative gas supply into the Kingston Ocean Grove Estate near Evergreen Circuit.

5 years ago

August 28 to September 10, 2019

Plans to turn Portarlington’s Grand Hotel into “Geelong’s version of MONA” will be a one of its kind, former mayor Darryn Lyons said.

Mr Lyons, along with Bill Votsaris and Mario Gregorio, are hoping to redevelop the 1888-built hotel into a tourism mecca on the Bellarine.

3 years ago

August 27 to September 9, 2021

Local cafe and restaurant owners are pleading with members of the public to stop abusing their staff when they ask for ID.

Some patrons have been so vile that staff have been reduced to tears.

1 year ago

August 25 to September 7, 2023

The City of Greater Geelong has completed its community engagement on dog control orders on City managed land and will codify its Dog Control Order after incorporating the public’s feedback.

After receiving 1382 responses from over 1000 contributors, most of the affected areas on the Bellarine have seen restrictions on dog activity ease or remain the same.