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Book fair is back
The Geelong West Rotary Book Fair will return this year, much to the delight of avid local readers. The biannual fair is the club’s major…
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Rob Kuebler receives John Brady Award
Ocean Grove Barwon Heads (OGBH) Lions Club has presented Barwon Heads resident Rob Kuebler with the John Brady Community Services Award for his contributions to…
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Council shifts gambling boundaries
City of Greater Geelong has adopted a Gambling Harm Minimisation Policy as it shifts from its previous Electronic Gaming Policy to encompass gambling of all…
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Neville reflects on 20 years as Bellarine MP
Bellarine MP Lisa Neville will not contest her seat in the upcoming state election. She spoke to Matt Hewson about her years as a parliamentarian…
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Chris delights in spreading the Voice
GenU Bellarine Connections Community participant Chris has started delivering the Voice on Monday mornings. Chris took great delight in telling the local shop owners that…
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Leopold VIEW mooted
The Bellarine could soon have another VIEW club with a Leopold hub being considered. VIEW, which stands for Voice, Interests and Education of Women, is…
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All Saints giving back to the community
Op shops are usually operated by a charity where new or used goods are donated for sale at a low price. Op shops are a…
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150 years for Wool Museum building
On August 1, it will be 150 years since the opening of the CJ Dennys & Co Woolstore, the current home of Geelong’s own National…
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Them is an act of beautiful resistance
For Samah Sabawi, the playwright behind ‘Them’, resistance is most effective when expressed through beauty. “As an activist, as a writer, as a woman, all…
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Bike park gaining momentum
A long-awaited proposal to build a bike park in Ocean Grove is one step closer. The City of Greater Geelong is seeking community input into…
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Slowing property growth no cause for alarm
New data released by the Real Estate Institute of Victoria (REIV) suggests Geelong property price growth is slowing more than both metropolitan and other regional…
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Out and about
Independent photographer Ivan Kemp was out and about at Little Malop Street in the city on a chilly Tuesday morning to see what everyone was…