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Falls Festival falls over, other events go virtual

THE Falls Festival in Lorne is the latest major event in the Geelong region to fall over because of the coronavirus pandemic this year,...

Regional Victoria to get its own coronavirus roadmap

PREMIER Dan Andrews will, this weekend, reveal the roadmap showing the way out of Victoria's coronavirus restrictions, and regional Victoria will have its own...

State grant for Wayfinding Project to encourage shoppers to explore Torquay

A PROJECT to improve directions to Torquay's "fragmented" shopping precincts has received a $175,000 grant from the state government. On Tuesday this week, Local Government...

Councillor Column: Cr Ron Nelson from the City of Greater Geelong, September 3

THIS is my final column for the Armstrong Creek Times before the local government elections in October and it’s safe to say I’ve really...

Surf Coast Shire stuck in breach of Local Government Act until next week

THE Surf Coast Shire council is breaching Victoria’s new Local Government Act as of today (Thursday, September 3) for not passing a motion in...

Paul Nigro to keep coaching Roos

ANGLESEA Football Club coach Paul Nigro has been locked in at Ellimatta Reserve for the next two years. Nigro took the Roos to the BFL...

Coker and Plibersek hear concerns about changes to university funding

UNIVERSITY students and those that are hoping to go from across the Geelong region have expressed their fears about the impact of the Coalition’s...

Want to run for council this year? Here’s how

THERE'S still three weeks until nominations open for the council elections in the Surf Coast Shire and City of Greater Geelong, but prospective candidates...

Local government elections to go ahead

THIS year's scheduled council elections will go ahead as planned, following confirmation from the state government. The Victorian Electoral Commission (VEC) has since released its...

Great run to raise funds for Geelong Mums

LOCAL businessman and father Levi Turner will use his own two feet to travel the length of the Great Ocean Road later this year...

Scammell House and Wormbete Homestead tapped for heritage register

HISTORIC properties in Torquay and Winchelsea would become part of the Victorian Heritage Register (VHR) through a recommendation in the latest stage of the...

Review proposes changes to shire’s event grants

A REVIEW of the Surf Coast Shire council’s Event Grants program has recommended some changes to the grant criteria as well as the window...

Coastal networking: Great Ocean Road Communities Network to co-ordinate local action

A CLUSTER of like-minded community groups along the Great Ocean Road have banded together to form the Great Ocean Road Communities Network (GORCN). Announced earlier...

Andrews urges people to resist lockdown fatigue

VICTORIAN Premier Daniel Andrews has urged people to keep following the rules of the coronavirus lockdown, and said people doing the right things was...

Falls Festival cancelled for this year

THE Falls Festival has fallen over for this year, with organisers announcing the annual music festival will not be going ahead in Lorne and...

Geelong Business Excellence Awards finalists revealed

THE Geelong Business Excellence Awards have revealed their full list of finalists for 2020. Organisers said while 2020 was difficult year for business because of...

Two locals selected for next Victorian Youth Congress

ARMSTRONG Creek’s Lachlan Houen is stepping forward again and Torquay’s Keeden Graham will join him in the third Victorian Youth Congress. The two young people...

Henderson to head to Canberra, Coker calls for remote participation

FEDERAL Parliament resumes next week, but not all of Geelong's federal representatives will be there. On August 6, the Acting Chief Medical Officer advised members...

Young regional Australians invited to go Heywire

THE ABC’s Heywire competition, now in its 23rd year, is again calling on young people from regional Australia to share their stories. The competition is...

Cats trade picks to strengthen position in AFLW draft

GEELONG'S AFLW side has strengthened its position in this year's draft after agreeing to swap several selections with Melbourne. The Cats will receive picks 10,...

Lion-hearted: Torquay Lions start deliveries for Feed Me Surf Coast

THE recently established Feed Me Surf Coast is finding new mouths to feed every week and is getting valuable support on the delivery front...

Bellarine Community Health changes some of its services

Bellarine Community Health (BCH) is making some changes to its services as a result of the coronavirus restrictions, but says it is still committed...

Torquay development to head to VCAT

THE Surf Coast Shire council may have to face the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT) for not deciding about a proposed $22 million...

Hydroxychloroquine is not a COVID cure, says RACGP

The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) is again urging Australians not to seek out or use hydroxychloroquine to “cure” or “prevent” the...