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Metricon opens the doors to Studio M

Metricon has opened its new purpose-built selections studio and workplace, Metricon on Fyans, in a significant investment to support the company’s Geelong customers and...

Dulux predicts the colours of winter

Inviting warmth and a particular energy into your home can be a crucial first step to successfully transitioning to indoor living and entertaining during...

Still afloat: Coker confident on 50m indoor pool pledge

CORANGAMITE Labor federal member Libby Coker is confident her plan for a 50-metre indoor pool at Drysdale can still happen, despite work having already...

Surfside Primary hails new upgrades

PUPILS and staff at Surfside Primary School are enjoying the extensive $1.486 million improvements to their facilities. Bellarine MP Lisa Neville visited the school in...

Coker, Marles wins add to Labor election triumph

LABOR’S Libby Coker and Richard Marles held their seats as their party recorded a stunning victory at Saturday’s federal election on the back of...

Strange case of duality comes to the Shed

Robert Louis Stevenson's fine bogey tale is coming to the Potato Shed, where audiences are invited to meet the most delightfully evil man alive...

Leopold public spaces made safer

SMART lighting has been installed at several Leopold bus stops and sections of the Bellarine Rail Trail to improve boost community safety through a...

Works to improve Ocean Grove Nature Reserve

THE Friends of Ocean Grove Nature Reserve have hailed the start of works to improve the reserve’s parking, visitor information and access. The upgrades are...

Coker commits $1.2m for Howard Harmer Reserve works

THERE'S good news for Howard Harmer Reserve regardless of the federal election result this Saturday, with Labor pledging $1.2 million towards improving the facilities...

Asher pledges $4m for new Feed Me hub

THE hard and vital work of the Feed Me charity will be doubled across the Bellarine, Geelong and Surf Coast through a $4 million...

City opens listening posts for budget

THE City of Greater Geelong has started a first round of "Listening Posts" so residents and businesses can discuss the council's proposed 2022-23 Budget...

Liberals pick Donnie Grigau to run against Lisa Neville

BOROUGH of Queenscliffe councillor Donnie Grigau has been endorsed by the Liberals to stand in the seat of Bellarine against incumbent Labor MP Lisa...

Rotarians ready for summer with new barbecue trailer

THE Ocean Grove Rotary Club has recently taken delivery of its new barbecue trailer. The $30,000 trailer was made to the club’s specifications by Overlanda...

Local builder wins best display home

Aaron and Sarah Anstis from Hotondo Homes in Ocean Grove are celebrating after winning the prestigious National Display Home of the Year Award at...

VCAT upholds rejection of Esplanade apartments

A PLAN to build a three-storey apartment complex on Torquay's foreshore has been knocked back by the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT) for...

Association hails Barwon Heads staying in District of Bellarine

THE Barwon Heads Association is backing the proposed changes to the District of Bellarine, including keeping Barwon Heads inside the electorate and moving Moolap...

Record numbers reach out to Lifeline for help this month

People are reaching out for help in record numbers, with Lifeline Australia recording the four busiest days in its 57-year history this month. According to...

Catherall finds his musical home

A talented teen musician from NSW's Yass Valley seemingly set on the path of jazz or classical performance, Riley Catherall had been chipping away...

RACV Solar buys Ocean Grove solar company

RACV SOLAR has fully acquired Ocean Grove company Great Ocean Solar and Electrical. This acquisition will allow RACV’s solar business, RACV Solar, to continue its...

Information sessions on Bellarine DAL begin

THE first of four public information sessions about the draft Bellarine Peninsula Statement of Planning Policy (SPP) is scheduled to be held today (Thursday,...

Cathy’s a new face on the street

LOCAL organisations and councils have partnered to deliver the latest version of STREETFACE, which will also be displayed outside of Geelong for the first...

Funding on target for Barwon Heads Bowling Club

THE Barwon Heads Bowling Club is among 73 projects across Victoria to score a share in $22 million from the Victorian Government's 2021 Local...

Planning Minister calls in five-storey Portarlington development

VICTORIA’S Planning Minister has intervened in the consideration of a proposed five-storey development in Portarlington, calling in the planning application on Tuesday this week. The...

Developer pushes back against Bellarine DAL boundaries

A DEVELOPER with an interest in land near Ocean Grove says the state government has moved too quickly in setting town boundaries through the...