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1 year ago - November 4 to 17, 2022

1 year ago

November 4 to 17, 2022

Despite enduring their busiest six-month period on record, Geelong paramedics have managed to start reducing ambulance response times for the first time since the July-September quarter of 2020.

Demand for ambulance services in the Greater Geelong local government area (LGA) has soared since the beginning of the pandemic, increasing nearly 40 per cent since the first half of 2020.

3 years ago

November 6 to 19, 2020

An Ocean Grove couple has claimed that their local park is a “snake trap” due to a lack of maintenance by the City of Greater Geelong.

Mark and Katrina Hutson said the park, which sits in the middle of Milborne Drive, Oakdene Boulevard and Holburn Rise and has a small reservoir, is an eyesore and a hazard to pets and children because of overgrown grass and weeds.

5 years ago

November 7 to 21, 2018

A group of locals have been left baffled that Ocean Grove the town concerned fuming that the town doesn’t have adequate playground and park facilities.

Council has committed to upgrade the playground facilities at Lake Avenue Reserve, but the group says it doesn’t go far enough.

7 years ago

November 9 to 22, 2016

Target has defended its decision to stop selling menswear from its Ocean Grove store.

Target Country stopped selling men’s clothes several weeks ago, prompting many local consumers to express their disappointment via social media and to the Ocean Grove Business Association.