News
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Festival aids fire appeal
By Justin Flynn When Chloe Nevistic’s family was faced with the news they had to vacate their Ocean Grove home to make way for a…
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Device ready to save lives
An incident on Ocean Grove beach has been the impetus for the installation of a publicly accessible AED (automated external defibrillator) at the Surf Beach…
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Awash with pink
Ray Menzies Oval at Shell Road will be awash with all things pink on Saturday, February 8. Ocean Grove Cricket Club is staging its annual…
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Search for missing Ocean Grove boy
A 14-year-old Ocean Grove boy disappeared in St Albans Park earlier this month, prompting police to call for public help to find him. Dean Machen…
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Bo to hit the chook shop
Ocean Grove and surrounds, don’t miss the chance to sample some southern ‘rootsy’ country/blues music with legendary US guitarist Bo Jenkins at the Piping Hot…
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Second chance at life
A public defibrillator will be stationed at Ocean Grove main beach after an Ocean Grove man, who suffered a cardiac arrest, was saved by quick-thinking…
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Distress over bushfire losses
As I write this Ocean Grove is shrouded by a thick blanket of smoke from the disaster of Gippsland, Kangaroo Island and the New South…
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Bishop’s blessing for safe haven
Ocean Grove’s home away from home for young women completing VCE was visited by the Anglican Bishop for the Geelong region. Last Thursday, Bishop Kate…
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Young lifesavers rescue couple
By Justin Flynn Two overseas tourists owe their lives to a group of young locals who saved them from drowning. The tourists, believed to be…
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Top four for Grove runner
Ocean Grove distance runner Nick Wightman finished fourth at the Mountain to Surf run at Lorne on Friday, January 10. He finished in a time…
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The dangers of fighting fire
Most people believe that flames and smoke are the most lethal aspects that confront a firefighter, but there is another danger that can also kill.…
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Feed Me team pitches in
Locals have opened their wallets and their hearts to raise more than $3000 for bushfire relief in a couple of hours during an initiative by…